Bankruptcy has a negative stigma surrounding it. But what if we told you it’s not as bad as you may think? In fact, economists think we should actually see more of it!  Based on the radio story: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/07/29/nx-s1-5896065/personal-bankruptcy-rates-rising"target="_blank" >More Americans are going bankrupt. What does that mean?</a> Fact checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Your Next Listen — <a href="http://lnk.to/c760lI"target="_blank" >We're in a renter's market (believe it or not)</a>Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for <a href="https://npr.org/indicatornewsletter"target="_blank" >The Indicator’s weekly newsletter</a>! — Buy the <a href="https://lnk.to/i3AukBdDWE"target="_blank" >Planet Money book</a> — Find our <a href="https://linktr.ee/indicator_npr"target="_blank" >socials, YouTube and more</a>! — For sponsor-free episodes, <a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >subscribe to NPR+</a>  Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <a href="http://plus.npr.org"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

Podurama

Home

Trending

Personal

Your Podcasts

New Episodes

My Files

Favourite Episodes

Tags (Folders)

Recently Played

Bookmarks

Followed Playlists

Is bankruptcy really all that bad?

The Indicator from Planet Money Plus

AI Chapters

AI Insights

Reviews