2008 Debt Symposium

Symposium Materials

Debt, Credit and Poverty in Early Modern England

Dr. J. Craig Muldrew, History, University of Cambridge

Commentator – Professor Edward J. Balleisen, History, Duke University

Debt and the Simulation of the Social Class

Provost Teresa A. Sullivan, Sociology, University of Michigan
Commentator – Professor Kevin Leicht, Sociology, University of Iowa

"Hyperconsumption" and "Hyperdebt": A "Hypercritical" Analysis

Professor George Ritzer, Sociology, University of Maryland
Commentator – Professor Robert J. Antonio, Sociology, University of Kansas

The Psychology of Debt in Poor Households in Britain

Professor Stephen Lea, Psychology, University of Exeter
Commentator – Professor Celia Hayhoe, Apparel, Housing & Resource Management, Virginia Tech

Brain, Decision, and Debt

Professor Brian Knutson, Psychology & Neuroscience, Stanford University
Commentator – Professor Ming Hsu, Economics and Neuroeconomics, University of Illinois

Limits of Enhanced Disclosure

Professor Richard Wiener, Psychology, University of Nebraska
Commentator – Professor Thomas S. Ulen, Economics, University of Illinois

Lender Incentives, Credit Risk, and Securitization: Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Professor Amir Sufi, Finance, University of Chicago
Commentator - Dr. Yuliya Demyanyk, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

How and Why Credit Assessors "Get it Wrong" when Judging the Risk of Borrowers: Past and Present Evidence at Home and Abroad*

Professor Gerry McNamara, Management, Michigan State University
Professor Paul M. Vaaler, Management, University of Minnesota
Commentator – Professor Steven Schwarcz, Law and Business, Duke University

The Middle Class on the Brink of Disaster

Professor Elizabeth Warren, Law, Harvard University
Commentator – Honorable Bruce Markell, United States Bankruptcy Court & Law, UNLV

Missing Debtors: National Lawmaking and Global Norm-Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Regimes

Dr. Terence Halliday, Sociology, American Bar Foundation
Commentator – Professor David A. Skeel, Law, University of Pennsylvania

The Jurisprudence of Bankruptcy

Professor Heidi M. Hurd, Law and Philosophy, University of Illinois
Commentator – Professor Curtis Bridgeman, Law, Florida State University