Debt

America's $9.3-trillion-and-growing national debt rightly has been blamed for many economic ills that lurk on our nation's horizon, but it also had the stealth effect of further eroding Americans' waning belief in the benefits, efficacy, and trustworthiness of government. Many other, oft-mentioned factors -- Vietnam, Watergate, anti-government rhetoric, and a...

I feel like I see ads for the deceptively-named "Free Credit Report" more and more and more, as if the worse the economy gets, the more companies seek to prey on those who are struggling.

As you may know (but obviously not enough do), Free Credit Report is a bait-and-switch...

Ever since Generation Debt came out in 2006 I have been very lucky to be able to occasionally comment on TV and radio on generational and economic issues. I respect what broadcasters do. Broadcast communication requires special skills of confidence, improvisation, and wit -- it's a tough job.

Yet...

Through my ever so slightly teary eyes, let me find the stop button on Senator Barack Obama's speech that I've watched for the 13th time on Youtube, and get to the gooseberries of something that will affect our lives in a non-gender/racially oriented, your sandwich is going to cost more,...

Just look at the following article in the Wall Street Journal today entitled, "For Bankers, Trust Becomes a rare Commodity."

This is why trust needs to be brought back into the equation. The thing is, some banks still operate with large prfots and high payback rates...they...

I've been in business for about 5,427 dog years and at no time during my career has there ever been a day when somebody wasn't worried about what some security analyst was writing about us. This factoid stretches over six iterations of four separate companies, with enough corporate permutations to...

Over at the Washington Note, Steve Clemons linked to a 2003 article titled "The Debtors Empire." What I find incredible about this article written almost four and a half years ago is how prescient its observations are today.

Isn't it just a little twisted that...

From Marketwatch:

There is a marked difference between economic growth and debt-induced demand. Instead of letting the market take its medicine and enter recession in 2001, the powers that be injected fiscal and monetary drugs to dull the pain and induce stock gains.

The Federal Reserve understands the...

As institutions and organizations search for innovations in financing to meet tremendous health, education and other social sector needs in developing countries, it may well be time to remember the $1.1 million debt-for-health research swap, the first of its kind, successfully completed now almost 18 years ago, to serve as...

One thing to keep in mind as we live through the pain of this deepening recession: It didn't have to happen.

Sure, recessions are part of the natural economic order, implicit in the yin and yang of the business cycle. But often they're brought on by some external shock, like...

You know this by now. Hillary Clinton became the yellow rose of Texas, two stepping her way to election glory by slashing at her opponent. She also took Ohio and Rhode Island. Barack Obama snagged Vermont, says he leads in delegates. McCain won all, is GOP candidate. Ron Paul holds...

We're not sure how many words will be spoken by the presidential candidates before November 4.Yet despite all the interviews, speeches and debates, you could easily write a book about what they aren't saying. Let's focus in on just one area: money. There are few choices more fundamental for a...

Since June of last year, the curtain has raised on the US economy. Underneath the hood of "The Greatest Story Never Told" lies a host of problems that will take a while to fix. In other words, don't expect this situation to end anytime soon.

So -- what are