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Can the New Literature About Debt Make a Real Difference in the Real World?

Norman I. Silber

The Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law2025article
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Thank you for inviting me to participate in this symposium organized around a group of new books about “Debt in the Real World.” My discussion in Part I considers from a historical perspective the place these books occupy as part of a long tradition of consumer reform which has combined popular literature with scholarship to promote change. Part II then explores themes common to this new wave. Part III closes by arguing that as in earlier periods the new wave can make headway notwithstanding attacks on governmental interventions; that there may be space in our political geography for some of the new reform proposals to ameliorate some debt-related distress.

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@article{norman2025,
  title        = {{Can the New Literature About Debt Make a Real Difference in the Real World?}},
  author       = {Norman I. Silber},
  journal      = {The Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law},
  year         = {2025},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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