How to Fix the Student Loan Crisis (for Real This Time)

As Washington slides ever closer to the fiscal cliff, financial vortex, or whatever will be the next term du jour, and our national focus...

The Disturbing Inaction of Congress on the Mortgage Cliff

With the presidential election over, the fiscal cliff is all anyone can talk about. The "cliff" is actually a drastic metaphor for a chronic...

When Your Identity Is Tossed Out the Window… Literally

The scene of the crime is the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year was spectacular --- great entertainment with many new balloons and...

What Black Friday and the Fiscal Cliff Have in Common

Black Friday is upon us. Yes, it's time once again for intrepid American consumers to hit the stores like there's no tomorrow --- nudging...

How the SEC Almost Shut Down Wall Street

Here's a fun fact: Hackers, just like bankers, real estate agents and collectors of Star Trek memorabilia, attend conferences. Even better: they play games...
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Europe: The Confidence Game That Could Break the Bank

The word "economy" comes from the Greek "oikos" or "house." Lately, the global economy has been like a nightmare episode of "Holmes Inspection." You...

Senator Mitch McConnell, Meet Senator Elizabeth Warren

In 2010, as Americans were fighting with all their strength to survive the meltdown of 2007-2009, Sen. Mitch McConnell infamously said, "The single most...

‘Corporations Are People’ and They Don’t Want You to Vote

It's hard to miss the coincidence: those who want to limit voting hours and demand stricter voter ID protocols also believe that corporations are...

Hurricane Sandy, You Got My Home, but Not My Identity

Like millions of Americans, I was hammered by Hurricane Sandy. The home that I own on the New Jersey shore was obliterated by the...

FEMA, Dodd-Frank and the CFPB: It’s All the Same to Mitt Romney

When the long-predicted storm finally hit us, it struck with so much destructive force that it caught even grizzled New Yorkers by surprise. The...