On AlterNet: borrowing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "borrowing"

One Homeowner's Uphill Battle with Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs Shows How Badly The Courts are Stacked Against Ordinary People

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 27, 2012.

Mary Glover is taking on Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo--but a court decision could leave her and thousands of other homeowners without a hope of justice.

Grandmothers' Social Security Garnished for Student Loans? Time to Fix the Broken Student Debt System

Ellen Brown, TruthOut.org. May 13, 2012.

Congress has removed nearly every consumer protection from student loans, including bankruptcy protections, statutes of limitations and truth in lending requirements.

Debt: What It Is and Why We Fight It

Sarah Jaffe, Mike Konczal, David Graeber, Astra Taylor, Brian Kalkbrenner, N+1 Magazine. May 8, 2012.

David Graeber, Mike Konczal, Sarah Jaffe and Brian Kalkbrenner discuss debt--what it is, why we're drowning in it, why it's a political issue. Moderated by Astra Taylor.

$422,320 for a College Degree? With Tuition Skyrocketing, It is Time to Rethink Higher Education

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 16, 2012.

Unless we act now, the current $1 trillion student debt bubble is going to look small in 18 years—and the only ones able to go to college will be the children of the 1%.

How Did We Get So Indebted and What Can We Do About It?

Hannah Tepper, Salon. January 15, 2012.

Over the last century, over-borrowing has gone from shameful to commonly accepted. An expert explains what changed.

Wall Street's Simple Formula for Staying Rich

William D. Cohan, The New York Times. April 24, 2010.

Through the Federal Reserve, the public is basically giving the mega banks free money and letting them make bundles on the difference with which they lend.

How Commercial Banks and Private Firms Are Dictating Who Goes To College

deleted, Newsday. June 21, 2007.

The government can do more to make borrowing for college tuition a benefit, not a burden.