Is the US Bankruptcy System Morally Bankrupt?
Anat R. Admati reviews Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby. My local utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early 2019 to preempt lawsuits related to multiple wildfires involving its aged equipment. Shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy in July 2020,…

