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Jay L. Zagorsky

Reporter · US

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Aug 29, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Jay L. Zagorsky

    Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published on The Conversation. The number of Americans who file for bankruptcy is growing. More than 500,000 people took this step in 2025, nearly 50% more than in 2022. And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their bills. The number of personal bankruptcies filed annually fell sharply for more than a decade before the recent uptick, hitting a low of about 368,000 in 2022, down from abo

  2. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · By Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

    Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    The number of Americans who file for bankruptcy is growing. More than 500,000 people took this step in 2025, nearly 50% more than in 2022. And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their bills. I am a business school professor who has researched bankruptcies and whether, when you are at the end of your financial rope, bankruptcy helps or hurts. I became interested in the subject while in graduate school. Not because

  3. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · By Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

    Should paper checks be abolished like the penny? - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S. President Donald Trump followed up his order killing off the penny with an executive order stopping check writing by the federal government. Should the U.S. follow these other countries and broadly eliminate the ability to write checks? Years ago, experts predicted that checks would have disappeared by now. However, they are still around, and billions are written each year in the United St

  4. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

    Should paper checks be abolished like the penny? (opens the original)

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    Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S. President Donald Trump followed up his order killing off the penny with an executive order stopping check writing by the federal government. Should the U.S. follow these other countries and broadly eliminate the ability to write checks? Years ago, experts predicted that checks would have disappeared by now. However, they are still around, and billions are written each year in the United St

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