For such a pricy product, college education produces a surprisingly large share of dissatisfied customers.
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College Buyer’s Remorse
Tag Archives: Debt
Courts Crack Down On ‘Zombie’ Debts
It’s a banking horror show: consumers haunted by ‘zombie’ debts that were discharged in bankruptcy.
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Ding-Dong! Your Credit Card Company Comes Calling
Is that a real Viking peering through your window? No, it’s just Capital One exercising its contractual rights.
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A New Consumer Splurge? Don’t Hold Your Breath
American consumers have strengthened their finances, but don’t assume they are ready to return to their free-spending ways.
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Time To Plan For State Bankruptcies
A state bankruptcy is so unthinkable that the law makes no provision for it. It’s time for Congress to re-think this.
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Keeping College Debt Under Control
In good times, and especially in bad, college graduates tend to earn more money than their less-educated peers, and they …
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How Everyone Came To Have A Second Mortgage
A quarter-century ago, only someone in desperate need of cash would take a second mortgage. Then Congress changed the tax …
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Creative Financing For Uncle Sam
Check the national debt clock: Our federal debt is $13.3 trillion, next year’s budget is $1 trillion in the red, …
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Student Debt Is A Drag, Not A Bubble
America’s pile of student loans won’t threaten the financial system the way bad mortgages did, but it’s still a problem.
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