“Bankruptcy provides you a way to bind even holdout creditors, even creditors who wouldn't go along with the restructuring.”

Slate Money · The Specter of Puerto Rico’s Debt

Play from 43:42
43:42

Audio streams from the publisher’s own feed. Verbatim does not host or copy it.

What was described

advocate using bankruptcy courts to bind holdout creditors in sovereign debt restructurings

Said nearby on the same subject

“The 12 restructurings that have been done so far have reduced $63 billion of debt to $27 billion”
♫
Said on Slate Money
Hard number $63 billion → $27 billion Share this moment
“Medical bankruptcy is the number one form of bankruptcy in the United States”
KB
Kate Bowler
Hidden Brain ·
Hard number number one form of bankruptcy Share this moment
“If you sold both of those, you could probably just pay off your credit card debt... Call the bankruptcy trustee, say I’m sending you a check, we’re going to voluntarily dismiss this.”
DR
Dave Ramsey
The Ramsey Show ·
How they work Property 1 value $275,000, mortgage $186,000; Property 2 value $320,00… Share this moment
“I was in there. And I tell you what, I reorganized that mail room. I wrote the instruction manual. And within three months, they actually did a restructure and I managed to get a job in the restructure as a media advisor.”
SM
Sarah Meikle
The SME Stream ·
How they work Share this moment

Moments like this, every Monday

The strongest new moments on your topics, in the speakers' own words. Free for three topics.

No card. No password. One-click unsubscribe.

Track a competitor?

Pro watches up to 25 names or phrases and emails you the morning after they are said.

See Pro, $29 a month

Verbatim quotes a short extract and links to the episode; the episode belongs to its publisher. Remove a show.