Tag: Debt
Huge government debts mean Canada is robbing its kids
Jerome Gessaroli, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Before the pandemic, the combined federal and provincial Canadian debt totalled $1.4 trillion. And since then, this debt...
Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
The shutdowns and restrictions that governments have imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have made it hard for...
Huge government debts mean Canada is robbing its kids
Jerome Gessaroli, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Before the pandemic, the combined federal and provincial Canadian debt totalled $1.4 trillion. And since then, this debt...
Why April was Wall Street’s best month in decades – despite...
Kim Kaivanto, Lancaster University
At times the contrast between the real economy and the stock market is striking. For US stocks, April was their best...
Why companies file for bankruptcy – and how it protects both...
Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia
Reports have emerged that Purdue Pharma is in settlement talks to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits over its...
Opioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in...
Joel Segel, Pennsylvania State University; Douglas L. Leslie, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Zajac, Pennsylvania State University; Max Crowley, Pennsylvania State University, and Paul L....
Sanders and AOC want to cap interest rates on consumer loans...
Anne Fleming, Georgetown University
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to cap consumer interest rates in an effort to curb “sky high” credit...
Millennials are US$1 trillion in debt – but they’re better at...
Jimmie Lenz, University of South Carolina
New findings from the New York Federal Reserve reveal that millennials have now racked up over US$1 trillion of...
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Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration...
Cynthia A. Golembeski, Rutgers University Newark
At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail...
