Bankruptcy has a long history that goes back to Biblical times. In ancient Rome, lenders did business on a bench, or bancus, from which we get the English word “bank.” When a money-handler went out of business, their bench was symbolically broken (ruptus), as a sign of their failure. Together, the words bancus and ruptus […]
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Detroit may be an example of the premise that if anything can go wrong, it will. The city became the largest municipal region to ever file for bankruptcy. Now, a large bond insurer is filing suit against the Motor City. This will set back the bankruptcy plan scheduled for Detroit. It could even completely unravel […]
