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In your debt: 3 times debt can be a helpful tool
You may have learned that all debt is bad, but sometimes debt can make the things you need or want possible. A loan can help you spread the cost of a large purchase out over […]
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Business
Liz Weston: How your parents’ debt could outlive them
Many people believe one of two common myths when a parent dies in debt, says Chicago estate planning attorney Michael Whitty. The first myth is that an adult child will become liable for their parents’ […]
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China’s economy slows as Beijing wrestles with debt
BEIJING — China’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is stalling as President Xi Jinping’s government cracks down on surging corporate debt. For a decade, the ruling Communist Party has talked about shifting to economy […]
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Treasury Department’s borrowing plans assume debt-limit deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department has unveiled plans to borrow $673 billion in the current quarter while employing emergency measures to keep the government from an unprecedented default on the national debt. Treasury Secretary […]
Opinion
MOORE: How the left has used Covid-19 to bankrupt the United States
I have never bought the conspiracy theories that COVID-19 was a diabolical political plot to undermine the country. But what is apparent with each passing week is that the virus has been the springboard for […]
Opinion
MOORE: In Biden’s America, everyone is entitled to everything
Despite its liberal tendencies, The Washington Post editorial board once acknowledged that in a democracy, “everyone can’t be entitled to everyone else’s money.” Well, it may have had that wrong, because President Joe Biden is […]
Article
HILL: When COVID relief is just plain pork spending
I have seen a lot of gargantuan spending bills go through Congress in the form of budget reconciliation or omnibus appropriations at the end of a contentious session. I don’t think I have ever seen […]
Opinion
GORDON: Don’t bar consumers from settling crushing debts
In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, some North Carolina legislators are proposing to make illegal a critical tool that more than 25,000 North Carolinians are using today to help manage […]
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HILL: John Maynard Keynes must be rolling in his grave right now
Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes must be having some very interesting conversations in the afterlife about economic policy in America, wherever they may be. Nothing catastrophically bad happened in America since 1982, such as […]
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DOWD: How the pandemic is reshaping our world
We have never witnessed a voluntary world-wide shut-down of modern civilization, as has taken place with the Covid-19 pandemic. While the economic damage will be devastatingly clear, other consequences will be less obvious at first. […]