6 sentences with 'bankruptcy'
Example sentences and phrases with the word bankruptcy and other words derived from it.
• « The main impact of the colonial wars between France and Britain in 18th century France was to push the state to the brink of bankruptcy - even as Britain financed its wars through the sale of official national bank bonds, the French state struggled to raise revenue. »
• « The result was to push the state to the brink of total bankruptcy, with no direct economic benefit to France from the American victory. »
• « Given the speed with which empires collapsed, it is tempting to imagine that European states simply recognised the moral bankruptcy of imperialism after the Second World War and peacefully relinquished their possessions. »
• « Rather, the Act was simply an order of economic protectionism for a British tea company, the East India Company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. »
• « In the long run, Hamilton's financial programme helped rescue the United States from near bankruptcy in the late 1780s. »