The Unwise Men's Gifts to Obama
'Tis the season for gift giving, and the President of the United States is in need of presents. Barack Obama could use some gifts to cheer him up and get his presidency back on track.
'Tis the season for gift giving, and the President of the United States is in need of presents. Barack Obama could use some gifts to cheer him up and get his presidency back on track.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
In The Divine Comedy Dante assigned usurers to the seventh circle of hell. The Senate obviously needs a refresher course -- since it overwhelming voted down Bernie Sanders' measure that would cap credit card interest rates at 15 percent.
Saul Segan | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
Love is the most powerful remedial force in our universe -- it may come across sounding "corny" but I think in our tenuous day and age, this world might do well with a little more corn.
Ian Welsh | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
Does anyone wonder why consumer spending dropped again? Would you borrow at 20% to 40% to buy anything other than food or pay for housing?
James Warren | Posted 05.06.2009 | Media
Geithner and Summers don't mention ancient Babylonia in addressing the financial crisis. But Chicago attorney Thomas Geoghegan sure does in Harper's "Infinite Debt."
Russ Wellen | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business
Even George Washington had reasons other than unadulterated fealty to Lady Liberty for rejecting foreign rule. In fact, what galvanized him was the 18th century version of credit card debt.
Politico | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
Longtime supporters of credit card reform have a new weapon in their rhetorical arsenal: the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. "The big banks got bil...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics