debt Expected family contributions for college loans might be going away, thanks to COVID-19 Thom Dunn

usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

class war Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's action against predatory payday lenders Cory Doctorow

oligarchy Joe the Plumber dead at 49 Mark Frauenfelder

conspirituality We need to talk about Marianne Williamson Jennifer Sandlin

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

finance Sanders and AOC team up for an anti-loansharking bill that will replace payday lenders with post-office banking Cory Doctorow

transparency How the payday loan industry laundered policy by paying academics to write papers that supported its positions Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's acting Chief of Staff in 2016: Trump is a "terrible human being" Cory Doctorow

class war Economic indicators: consumer debt continues to grow, delinquency rises, students face "crippling debt" Cory Doctorow

uk If this goes on… The 1% will own two thirds of the world by 2030 Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's Consumer Finance Protection Board chief gives up on punishing Equifax for doxing the entire United States of America Cory Doctorow

class war California's lax usury laws means out-of-state loan sharks are charging desperate Californians 183% APRs Cory Doctorow

Business JP Morgan-Chase paid its billions in fines for mortgage fraud by committing billions in mortgage fraud Cory Doctorow

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

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