Melissa Jacoby with Zephyr Teachout

IN-STORE EVENT:
Thursday, June 27, 7:30 PM
Melissa Jacoby presents Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal
In conversation with Zephyr Teachout
Wine reception to follow

Legal scholar Melissa Jacoby presents Unjust Debts, a groundbreaking look at the hidden role of bankruptcy in perpetuating inequality in America, from an expert in the field. In this brilliant and paradigm-shifting book, Melissa shows how bankruptcy has become an escape hatch for powerful individuals, corporations, and governments, contributing in unseen and poorly understood ways to race, gender, and class inequality in America. Across a broad range of crucial issues, Unjust Debts reveals the hidden mechanisms by which bankruptcy impacts everything from sexual harassment to health care, police violence to employment discrimination, and more. Unjust Debts is a riveting work of accessible scholarship with huge implications for ordinary people and will set the terms of debate for this vital subject. Melissa discusses her work with Zephyr Teachout, along with a reading and book signing.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, United States