The irony, of course, is that the US Bankruptcy Code provides you can't declare bankruptcy again until 7 years have passed. So creditors theoretically have less

The irony, of course, is that the US Bankruptcy Code provides you can't declare bankruptcy again until 7 years have passed. So creditors theoretically have less risk during the period they generally refuse credit to the newly bankrupt. Of course none of that applies to business bankruptcy, where the old company is often dissolved but you're often looking to the same former principal(s) for personal guarantees of the new company's obligations.