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Pensions, retirement plans and Debt, Government Budget Deficits
Financial Crises - balance of payments, debt and international creditors, IMF, others
Fintech - Digital finance, payments and a changing global financial system
Debt, Government Budget Deficits and the USA
International Financial Markets - global hubs for international finance
Petro dollars and sovereign wealth funds - International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance
Financial Crises
No-limit Parent Plus loans, and the University student debt crisis in the USA
Fintech Startups - debit and credit cards for families, parents, kids
Housing, Real Estate and the Financial Crisis 2008
International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance
Pros and cons of privatization
a collection of articles and videos to help students understand global financial markets - with a focus on currencies, and global debt markets
A collection of articles about Fintech Startups - Pleo- corporate credit cards
a collection of articles and resources about ISA's - Income Share Agreements
A collection of articles about VC Investment in Africa
a collection of articles and resources about Student Debt, Financial Aid and Scholarships
A collection of articles about Fintech Startups - Brex - corporate credit cards
tech startups in financial markets
a collection of articles about Financial Technology in Latin America
A collection about Blockchain niche market startup ideas
A collection about Blockchain niche market startup ideas
A collection of articles and videos about the Crazy prices of College Textbooks
a collection of articles about the EU - European Union - austerity and the debt crisis (2009-present)
a collection of articles and videos to help students understand global financial markets - with a focus on currencies, and global debt markets
A collection of articles and videos looking at Financial Markets and Manipulation
A collection of articles and videos looking at Credit Reports and Personal Finances
a collection of articles and videos looking at the Debt Collection Industry - and the Debt crisis in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at reasons to avoid Payday Loans and Predatory Finance
a collection of articles looking at Inequality in K-12 Education and the “Achievement Gap”

Resources within this category

Article

Africa’s debts. Africa faces a mounting debt crisis

Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. Some of the continent’s brightest economic stars are in serious trouble (2023)


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China and the West take a step to ease Africa’s debt crisis

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)


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What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?

Understand the different types of defaults, what happens if the US defaults on its debt, and how it could impact your finances. (2023)


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How Baylor Steered Lower-Income Parents to Debt They Couldn’t Afford - WSJ

New federal data show the Texas university and some other colleges with big endowments guided families into no-limit Parent Plus loans to cover ris... (2021)


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A Crimson Tide of Debt. The Rise of the Disneyfied Public University - The Atlantic

Instead of propelling students into the middle class, many public institutions such as the University of Alabama are leaving them saddled with larg... (2021)


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Ever closer union?Europe’s radical economic response to covid-19

The EU can now borrow, but how well can the member nations spend? | Briefing (2021)


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Special drawing wrongs - Issuing special drawing rights will be a sign of failure for the IMF

Poor countries need more help, but it should be transparent and targeted | Leaders (2021)


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DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M, profitability

DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider targeting smaller business and younger companies, announced today that it has secured $100 million in... (2020)


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U.S. budget deficit to eclipse $1 trillion in 2020 as fiscal imbalance continues to widen - Washington Post

A combination of the 2017 tax cuts and a surge in new spending has pushed the deficit wider. (2020)


Article

Kenzie Academy Raises $100 Million in Debt to Pay for Students’ Education - WSJ

Education startup Kenzie Academy, one of the several new ventures that provide financing for students in exchange for a proportion of future earnin... (2019)


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Summer wants to vanquish student loans for borrowers, and now has $10M to do it – TechCrunch

$1.5 trillion. That’s the amount of outstanding student loan debt held by American citizens according to the New York Fed. It is an astronomical su... (2019)


Article

Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah | Boston Review

Kenya's poor were among the first to benefit from digital lending apps; now they call it slavery. "Across conversations in Kenya’s pubs and What... (2019)


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Democrats take aim at student loan alternative and colleges that offer income-share agreements

Senator Elizabeth Warren and congressional Democrats question Trump administration's plans to back income-share agreements -- and demand answers fr... (2019)


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Elizabeth Warren’s proposal: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt

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)


Article

College Grads Sell Stakes in Themselves to Wall Street - 2019 - Bloomberg

Instead of taking out loans, students can agree to hand over part of their future earnings in return for investment. (2019)


Article

The Corporations Devouring American Colleges

Universities could have used online learning to make a quality education affordable for everyone. Instead they allowed forprofit companies to devou... (2019)


Article

Life Capital – A Deep Dive into the Past, Present & Future of Income Share Agreements

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)


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U.S. Treasury Set to Borrow $1 Trillion for a Second Year to Finance the Deficit - 2019 - Bloomberg

By Liz McCormick , Saleha Mohsin , and Alexandre Tanzi January 28, 2019, 12:00 AM EST Updated on January 28, 2019, 7:39 AM EST Auction boosts ... (2019)


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Microcredit was a hugely hyped solution to global poverty. What happened? - Vox

Microcredit, explained: how microcredit can help the world’s poorest. Microcredit was once hailed as a solution to global poverty. Recent studie... (2019)


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No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) - The New York Times

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)


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Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time – TechCrunch

To help solve the “predatory” loans problem... “Earnin charges no fees or interest; instead, it operates on a pay it forward revenue model ... ... (2018)


Article

The U.S. Yield Curve Just Inverted. That’s Huge - 2018 - Bloomberg

The move ushers in fresh questions about the Fed and the economy. "The U.S. Treasury yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a... (2018)


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Meet New York City’s highest-earning official. He’s a debt collector for predatory lenders - Bloomberg

"They use their legal authority on behalf of lenders who charge more than some mafia loan sharks once did... (2018)


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Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid - The New York Times

Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students. (2018)


Article

Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix? – TechCrunch

Snapchat needs a sugar daddy. Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses. Poor morale from a battered share price and cost-cutting mea... (2018)


Article

How to Make a Budget You Can Stick to With the Easy 50/30/20 Rule

A financial planning pro explains how to make a budget using the very simple 50/30/20 rule. Find out how to start managing your money better. (2018)


Article

Brazil is shaping up for a unique kind of financial crisis - The Economist

RUDI DORNBUSCH, a renowned economist who died in 2002, said there were two sorts of currency crisis. The pre-1990s kind is slow. It starts with an ... (2018)


Article

Did We Learn Nothing From the 2008 Crisis? || LongRead

The continuation of the false narrative of what caused the 2008 financial collapse is alarming. (2018)


Article

Everything you need to know about the massive crisis brewing in India’s financial markets (2018)

In September, the Sensex has already shed over 2,000 points till now. (2018)


Video

Why College Is So Expensive In America - CNBC

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)


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How these penny-pinchers retired in their 30s — PBS

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)


Video

Imperfect Union: The Eurozone in Crisis - Full Episode

After WWI, Europe's leaders established greater economic ties to help prevent future continental conflict. Now, more than half a century later, the... (2018)


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How the euro caused the Greek crisis

Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of t... (2018)


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Credit Reports - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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)


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Debt Buyers - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight Published on Jun 5, 2016 Companies that purchase debt cheaply then collect it aggressively are shockingly easy to start. We can... (2018)


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Payday loans - Predatory Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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)


Video

Drawing Conclusions: Is renting really a waste of money?

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)


Video

Game of Theories: The Great Recession - Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University Published on Dec 5, 2017 Tyler Cowen puts Keynesian, monetarist, real business cycle, and Austrian theories to w... (2018)


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Understanding the Great Depression - Marginal Revolution University

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)


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The Great Recession - the failure of financial intermediaries - Marginal Revolution University

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)


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The Next 3 Billion in Financial Services | a16z

a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)


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Puerto Rico: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight, 2016 "Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief. (2017)


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The Future of Money: Banking on Fintech | a16z

a16z, Published on Oct 25, 2017, Financial services startup, or fintech, are innovating across broad categories — in core banking, new financial s... (2017)


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Puerto Rico: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight, 2016 "Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief. (2017)


Video

Why can't we just print money to pay off debt?

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)


Podcast

Why Foreign Investors Aren’t Buying As Much U.S. Debt (Podcast) - Bloomberg (2019)

There’s something wrong with prices in funding and bond markets, according to this week’s Odd Lots guest. Zoltan Pozsar is a former adviser to the ... (2019)


Podcast

The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College : NPR

Counselors and parents are hesitant for students to take out loans for college. But a new study shows that borrowing money can actually be helpful ... (2018)


Podcast

When Retirement Advice Goes Viral : Planet Money : NPR

So how much should you have saved for retirement? We wanted to know, so we asked the guy who invented the 401k. (2018)


Podcast

Costs of the Olympics | Council on Foreign Relations

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)


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