John Oliver: Debt Buyers
Companies that purchase debt cheaply then collect it aggressively are shockingly easy to start. We can prove it! Last Week Tonight...
Former White House Officials Involved in GSE Scandal
Josh Rosner is managing director of Graham Fisher & Co, and co-author of Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and...
Is There a Student Loan Crisis? Not in Payments
Is There a Student Loan Crisis? Not in Payments Joel Elvery Cleveland Fed, 05.16.16 The number of people obtaining student...
Time for a 50-Year U.S. Treasury Bond
A 50-Year U.S. Bond Makes More Sense Than Ever Issue debt that takes advantage of near-record low rates while financing the...
SPQR: Italy & Greece
Pain and Recovery in Southern Europe Italy is making slow progress, but Greece can’t shed its debt straitjacket. Bloomberg, May 16,...
Monetary policy when households have debt: new evidence on the...
Monetary Policy When Households Have Debt New Evidence on the Transmission Mechanism
Bailout Barometer 2014 Estimate
2014 Bailout Barometer Current Estimate by ritholtz1 2014 Bailout Barometer Current Estimate Source: Bailout Barometer
John Oliver on Puerto Rico Debt
Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief. Last Week Tonight with...
Deleveraging & Spending
Source: Bloomberg Between 2000 and 2007, borrowed money was adding about $330 billion a year to Americans’ purchasing...