Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America by David Skeel ISBN: 0-691-08810-1
If you don't have a grasp of bankruptcy law, you can't have a good grasp of American business, American banking, or the American economy. Bankruptcy law is not just for failures. Bankruptcy is key to the success of the American economy, because it encourages risk-taking. Changing the laws governing it could undermine business startups, and it could drive business startups elsewhere.