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Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. Some of the continent’s brightest economic stars are in serious trouble (2023)
A deal for Ghana is the first test case for a new approach. IMF, World Bank, the Paris Club, China and lending in Africa (2023)
The EU can now borrow, but how well can the member nations spend? | Briefing (2021)
Poor countries need more help, but it should be transparent and targeted | Leaders (2021)
Growing up, my dream was to become a teacher. And I knew that if I wanted to teach, I had to get a college degree. I managed to get a college schol... (2019)
Instead of taking out loans, students can agree to hand over part of their future earnings in return for investment. (2019)
Imagine a world where you had a personal board of advisors — the people you most admire and respect — and you gave them upside in your future earni... (2019)
Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is getting a boost from venture ca... (2019)
"They use their legal authority on behalf of lenders who charge more than some mafia loan sharks once did... (2018)
Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students. (2018)
If history is any guide, Argentina's economy -- and its political leadership -- could explode at any minute. (2018)
For the poor, higher education may hurt more than it helps. (2018)
Inspired by Silicon Valley’s hyper-growth, companies elsewhere are burning cash in hopes of being the next big thing. (2018)
Is it better to rent or buy your home? Folks have been arguing about this for decades. Let's look at some quick and easy ways to evaluate the numbe... (2018)
IT WAS an announcement Mauricio Macri hoped never to have to make. On May 8th Argentina’s exhausted-looking president declared that Argentina was s... (2018)
The rise of renting in the U.S. isn’t just about high housing prices, or preferences for city living, but about the flexibility to compete in today... (2018)
Now that tax time has passed, give yourself a financial fresh start and get some help to make the right money moves for next year. (2018)
We invited America’s public school teachers to show us the conditions that a decade of budget cuts has wrought in their schools. (2018)
Governments are struggling as mounting pension obligations crowd out the rest of their budgets. Oregon faces a severe, self-inflicted crisis. (2018)
“Borrowers who graduated from 2012 to 2017 earn a monthly average after-tax income of $2,655, and about 15% of that goes toward student loan paymen... (2018)
All must have degrees "IN A classroom in Seoul a throng of teenagers sit hunched over their desks. In total silence, they flick through a past e... (2018)
Nearly everyone pursuing a bachelor’s degree is borrowing money, and as prices soar, a college degree often comes with an unprecedented financial b... (2018)
Earlier this week, California Governor Jerry Brown did something that will put thousands of dollars into the pockets of California community colleg... (2016)
U.S. student loan debt now equals the size of the $1.3 trillion U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, presenting investors with a whole different ... (2017)
New York Times, 2017: “Transworld has been one of most prolific debt collectors, filing more than 38,000 lawsuits in the last three years on behalf... (2017)
New York Times, 2017: "After $70,000 in payments, one teacher found that he wasn’t in the public service loan forgiveness program after all. Now, ... (2017)
DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider targeting smaller business and younger companies, announced today that it has secured $100 million in... (2020)
Universities could have used online learning to make a quality education affordable for everyone. Instead they allowed forprofit companies to devou... (2019)
Understand the different types of defaults, what happens if the US defaults on its debt, and how it could impact your finances. (2023)
Instead of propelling students into the middle class, many public institutions such as the University of Alabama are leaving them saddled with larg... (2021)
College in the United States is expensive. The cost of higher education just keeps going up. Tuition costs at both public and private universities ... (2019)
Eschewing consumer culture, Pete Adeney, also known as Mr. Money Mustache, practices an extreme frugality that allowed him to retire at age 30. Avo... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 10, 2016 Credit reports play a surprisingly large role in our lives, but even more surprising is how often they ... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Jun 5, 2016 Companies that purchase debt cheaply then collect it aggressively are shockingly easy to start. We can... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Aug 10, 2014 Payday loans put a staggering amount of Americans in debt. They prey on the elderly and military serv... (2018)
If you've ever wondered why some people think renting is better than owning, here's the explanation behind how that can be true. (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on Dec 5, 2017 Tyler Cowen puts Keynesian, monetarist, real business cycle, and Austrian theories to w... (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on May 23, 2017 In this video, we examine the causes behind the Great Depression with the help of the ... (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on Aug 9, 2016 There’s already been much discussion over what fueled the Great Recession of 2008. In t... (2018)
a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)
a16z, Published on Oct 25, 2017, Financial services startup, or fintech, are innovating across broad categories — in core banking, new financial s... (2017)
LastWeekTonight, 2016 "Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief. (2017)
Published on Aug 31, 2013 A video looking at way you can't simply print money to pay off debt. And what has happened when countries have tried to!... (2017)
Andrew Zimbalist, the Robert A. Woods professor of economics at Smith College, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay to discuss the political and economic c... (2018)