supreme court Clarence Thomas borrowed $267,230 from rich friend to buy a luxury motorcoach, then stopped making payments Mark Frauenfelder
politics Trump's least intellectually gifted son lies about his father's corrupt business practices Mark Frauenfelder
finance Consumer debt is "basically optional," but debt collectors rely on you not knowing that Thom Dunn
champion prevaricators Herschel Walker delights his lie-loving fans by lying about working in law enforcement Mark Frauenfelder
debt celing Can Biden issue a trillion-dollar platinum coin to instantly lift the debt ceiling? Mark Frauenfelder
economics A layperson-friendly introduction to MMT, a heterodox school of economics that could finance a Green New Deal Cory Doctorow
class war Even if you pay off your student loan, be prepared to spend decades trying to get bottom-feeding debt-buyers to acknowledge it Cory Doctorow
Business The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow
usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow
elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow
transparency How the payday loan industry laundered policy by paying academics to write papers that supported its positions Cory Doctorow
trumpism Predatory lender found to have swindled veterans' pensions for eight years, so Trump's CFPB fined him $1 Cory Doctorow
Business Inside the funny accounting that lets the money-losing fracking industry claim to be profitable Cory Doctorow