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Saving the Whale, Again

The catastrophic incompetence of Citigroup

It’s dangerous to express optimism about the economy these days. Europe’s financial markets remain fragile. China, which supports much of the world’s economy through imports, is too dependent on highly…

Infinite debt

by Thomas Geoghegan,

How unlimited interest rates destroyed the economy

Protect Financial Consumers

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi,

Go into any appliance store in America and look for a toaster with a one-in-five chance of exploding. You won’t find one. But at any mortgage brokerage in the country…

Discredit report

by Adam J. Szubin,

The dance of debt

by Bill Wasik,

Choreographed by computer

Who’ll stop the drain? Reflections on the art of going broke

by Vince Passaro,

Life on the card

by Jack Richardson,

Whim fulfillment in the land of plastic credit

How banks destroy the economy

by Martin Mayer,

Make mine cash

by Susan Witty,

Curbing the forty percenters

by Harper’s Staff,

Consumer credit

Saving the Whale, Again

A Bit of Good News

Infinite debt

Protect Financial Consumers

Discredit report

The dance of debt

Who’ll stop the drain? Reflections on the art of going broke

Life on the card

How banks destroy the economy

Make mine cash

Curbing the forty percenters

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Saving the Whale, Again

A Bit of Good News

Infinite debt

Protect Financial Consumers

Discredit report

The dance of debt

Who’ll stop the drain? Reflections on the art of going broke

Life on the card

How banks destroy the economy

Make mine cash

Curbing the forty percenters

November 1967

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