Tag: Debt
Student loan debt is crushing Americans – 4 essential reads
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation and Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
US$1.7 trillion. That’s how much college students and graduates owed...
What are the ethics of giving back money that doesn’t belong...
Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University
In Monopoly, a player who draws the card that says “BANK ERROR IN...
The zombie company problem and what it means for our economies...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, why some economists...
I interviewed 48 bankrupt Americans – here’s who they blame for...
Tess Wise, Amherst College
The people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection had an 18% bankruptcy...
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...
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Bob Dylan brings links between JFK assassination and coronavirus into stark...
Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia
Over the past few weeks, the coronavirus has turned the country’s cultural spigot off, with sports suspended, museums closed and...
