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The root of Italy's problems
Nov 14, 2011
Berlusconi may be gone, but Italia's problems persists. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how Italy got into the mess it's in today.
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Harrisburg implodes -- what other municipalities are in danger?
Oct 12, 2011
When I was a lad I decorated my room with a poster of a nuclear mushroom cloud, with "Harrisburg is Everywhere" written in big letters across the...
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A priority on reducing debt
Sep 30, 2011
Question: I am a 38 year old single parent and I have a huge amount of personal debt. I have student loans ($80k), credit card debt ($22k), a car...
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Fund Roth or target debt
Sep 29, 2011
Question: I'm in the middle of a debate with myself as to whether my wife and I should continue to aggressively pay off a variable 4.5% HELOC or if...
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Before There Was Money, There Was Debt
Sep 29, 2011
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a new book by anthropologist, author and general provocateur, David Graeber. It gives a long and global view on th...
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Plastic fantastic - credit card solicitations rocket
Sep 21, 2011
Credit card solicitations are double what they were last year. Business Insider got its hands on a research report by Credit Suisse, which says...
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Household debts: Half-empty or half-full?
Aug 15, 2011
Is the household money glass half full or half empty? The Federal Reserve's latest quarterly survey (second quarter, 2011) shows that households...
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Four steps to managing personal debt
Aug 5, 2011
Over the past several weeks Washington put the country through a crazy, bewildering shoutfest over the federal debt. Gnawing worries over the worth...
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Loan rates are down: The bad and the good
Aug 3, 2011
The cost of borrowing is heading lower.
Take mortgage rates. According to Bankrate.com, the national average for 30-year fixed rate mortgages is...
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A 15% society?
Jul 29, 2011
The curtain can't go down fast enough on the summer theater of the absurd over the federal debt and deficit in Washington D.C. The apocalyptic...
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