How will Washington’s housing “fix” entrench debt, inflate prices, and undermine the American Dream?
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Report: The Case Against 50-Year Mortgages
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Subsidized debt drives up prices, sucks up wealth, and makes it hard for millennials to buy homes.
As the December 7 Medicare Open Enrollment deadline approaches, rural seniors face shrinking coverage options as major insurers scale back Medicare Advantage plans nationwide.
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Vought Charts New Path for the CFPB
Russell Vought signals a shift toward proportional, efficient regulation after years of CFPB overreach under Rohit Chopra.
A 15% tariff may look like a trade victory, but American families could end up paying the price.
When Wells Fargo first rolled out its Flex Loan program, it was heralded by advocates like The Pew Charitable Trusts as evidence that America’s largest banks were finally offering an “affordable” alternative to short-term credit products. Bankrate’s own review of the Flex Loan paints a favorable picture, touting fast approval, lower fees than payday loans, […]
Why America’s workers deserve the same investment opportunities as public pensions.
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Out of One, Many
Why banks, payment networks, merchant servicers, and financial firms will face a harder four years, and what to do about it.
“Large nonprofit hospital systems have exploited taxpayer subsidies and regulatory loopholes while failing to deliver the public benefit they promise.”
Tara Jaramillo’s payday lending scheme didn’t happen despite New Mexico’s interest rate cap: it happened because of it, with a little help from Fred Nathan and the price-fixing crusaders at Think New Mexico.