Watchman: Small Enterprises Have Typically Been the Key Driver of Employment Development in This Nation. so the Fact That so Many of Them Are Failing Is a Bad Omen. Meanwhile, Huge Corporations Are Declaring Bankruptcy at an Alarming Rate
BY SRH Why are so many businesses going bankrupt in the United States? It’s not because the economy is doing well. There are more and more news articles about firms that have collapsed every day, and the figures I’m about to show you show this plainly. This is the first time we’ve seen anything like this since the Great Recession. If our economic problems keep getting worse over the next several months, 2026 is going to be a very unpleasant year. Court records reveal that a six-year-old government program that helps the tiniest American businesses get out of debt and start over has had the most cases filed. According to Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics, more than 2,200 consumers and small businesses filed for bankruptcy this year under the so-called Subchapter V guidelines. These provisions make it easier and cheaper to get […]
