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On AlterNet: debt

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

America's Debt Complex: FBI Finally Cracks Down on Mortgage Crime Wave

America's Debt Complex: FBI Finally Cracks Down on Mortgage Crime Wave

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. June 24, 2008.
With trillions already lost, is the FBI's action too little too late?

Debt Got Your Sleep?

Debt Got Your Sleep?

Dr. Michael J. Breus, Huffington Post. June 20, 2008.
For too many Americans, debt-triggered stress is leading to a host of health problems, including lack of sleep.

Need a Kidney? There's a Credit Card for That

Need a Kidney? There's a Credit Card for That

Tamara Draut, The American Prospect. June 11, 2008.
Increasingly, Americans' health problems are becoming tangled up with their credit problems.

The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class War

The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class War

Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. April 28, 2008.
The recession of 2001 never ended -- at least not for ordinary Americans.

Mexico Got the Shafta from NAFTA

Mexico Got the Shafta from NAFTA

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. April 4, 2008.
Mexico stands to lose an amount equal to 3 percent of their GDP due to the over-reliance on the U.S. export market.

Raising Taxes to Bail out Robert Rubin

Raising Taxes to Bail out Robert Rubin

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. February 26, 2008.
The government wants to hand banks tens of billions of dollars by buying up their bad mortgage debt.

Hey Bush, Stimulate My Interest Rate

Hey Bush, Stimulate My Interest Rate

Nomi Prins, Newsday. February 2, 2008.
We can't solve our economic pain with another handout -- we need to regulate excessive exorbitant rates and nontransparent lending practices.

Can't Pay Your Mortgage? Trash Your House and Leave

Can't Pay Your Mortgage? Trash Your House and Leave

Scott Thill, AlterNet. February 1, 2008.
As housing markets tank, "trash-outs" are on the rise, leaving owners, lenders and banks fighting over who should pay the clean-up bill.

Obama Is Sub-Prime on Lending Crisis

Obama Is Sub-Prime on Lending Crisis

Max Fraser, The Nation. January 31, 2008.
As with most domestic policy, Obama is to the right of Clinton.

The Economic State of the Union, 2008

The Economic State of the Union, 2008

Charles McMillion, Manufacturing and Technology News. January 29, 2008.
Unprecedented debt and soaring numbers of unsold homes are driving down inflated prices for all kinds of assets.

Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is America's Greatest Threat

Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is America's Greatest Threat

Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. January 23, 2008.
Welcome to 2008, a year of morally obscene, fiscally unsustainable spending. Watch as the military bloats and our standard of living sinks.

Big Rate Cuts and Fiscal Stimulus Trump Conservative Ideology

Big Rate Cuts and Fiscal Stimulus Trump Conservative Ideology

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. January 22, 2008.
Like Nixon said, "We're all Keynesians now."

The Great Debt Crisis Begins

The Great Debt Crisis Begins

Hale Stewart, Huffington Post. January 14, 2008.
The US economy is just at the beginning of a huge problem.

Pay It off Later: Debt Is the New American Dream

Pay It off Later: Debt Is the New American Dream

Dee Hon, Adbusters. November 10, 2007.
The U.S. addicted to debt -- and the country and millions of its citizens are at the brink of bankruptcy.

Young Adults Are Getting Hit with Enormous Overdraft Fees

Young Adults Are Getting Hit with Enormous Overdraft Fees

Leslie Parrish, Ginna Green, AlterNet. November 6, 2007.
More and more consumers are finding the deck stacked against them when it comes to battling abusive overdraft fees.

Whatever Happened to the Good Life?

Whatever Happened to the Good Life?

Astra Taylor, Adbusters. November 2, 2007.
Americans keep making less and spending more. That lifestyle is contributing to supersized debt and the decline of progressive politics.

The Medical Credit Card Trap

The Medical Credit Card Trap

Helaine Olen, The American Prospect. October 3, 2007.
Health care providers are increasingly pushing special credit cards as a way for the cash-strapped under-insured to cover their medical expenses. But then the bills start piling up.

College Students, Welcome to a Lifetime of Debt!

College Students, Welcome to a Lifetime of Debt!

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. September 11, 2007.
Colleges and universities today are turning teenagers into full-fledged citizens of our economy by introducing them to a lifetime of debt.

Spend, Spend, Spend: The New Model for Parenting

Spend, Spend, Spend: The New Model for Parenting

Helaine Olen, AlterNet. August 8, 2007.
In spite of being racked with debt, Gen X parents are increasingly pouring their paychecks into luxury items for their children that seem frivolous to the point of ridiculousness.

Giving Up the Debt Lifestyle

Giving Up the Debt Lifestyle

Deb Price, King Features Syndicate. July 30, 2007.
Financially free at last, my spouse and I don't need a newer car or a house in a ritzier neighborhood. We've matured faster than our savings bonds.

Home Values Slashed in Half? The Housing Bubble Is About to Burst

Home Values Slashed in Half? The Housing Bubble Is About to Burst

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. June 30, 2007.
A somber tour of the housing market.

One Student Does the Incredible: Gets Law Passed for State to Pay Off College Debts

One Student Does the Incredible: Gets Law Passed for State to Pay Off College Debts

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 30, 2007.
Andrew Bossie found the staggering costs of tuition, books, and living expenses at college in Maine to be untenable. Working with fellow activists, his campaign eventually convinced the Legislature to offer a way out of debt.

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

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

Nomi Prins, Newsday. June 21, 2007.
The government can do more to make borrowing for college tuition a benefit, not a burden.

The Gambling Scam on America's Poor

The Gambling Scam on America's Poor

Mark Lange, Christian Science Monitor. May 3, 2007.
What kind of government spends millions of taxpayer dollars peddling false hope to confiscate cash from its poorest citizens to fatten state coffers?

The Silent Katrina [VIDEO x 2]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 5, 2007.
Danny Schechter calls Debt issue "a Crime Scene"