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Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. Some of the continent’s brightest economic stars are in serious trouble (2023)
A deal for Ghana is the first test case for a new approach. IMF, World Bank, the Paris Club, China and lending in Africa (2023)
The EU can now borrow, but how well can the member nations spend? | Briefing (2021)
Poor countries need more help, but it should be transparent and targeted | Leaders (2021)
Instead of taking out loans, students can agree to hand over part of their future earnings in return for investment. (2019)
By Liz McCormick , Saleha Mohsin , and Alexandre Tanzi January 28, 2019, 12:00 AM EST Updated on January 28, 2019, 7:39 AM EST Auction boosts ... (2019)
Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is getting a boost from venture ca... (2019)
The move ushers in fresh questions about the Fed and the economy. "The U.S. Treasury yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a... (2018)
"They use their legal authority on behalf of lenders who charge more than some mafia loan sharks once did... (2018)
Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students. (2018)
RUDI DORNBUSCH, a renowned economist who died in 2002, said there were two sorts of currency crisis. The pre-1990s kind is slow. It starts with an ... (2018)
In September, the Sensex has already shed over 2,000 points till now. (2018)
At a time of mounting uncertainty in Europe, the country has defied critics who insisted on austerity as the answer to the Continent’s economic and... (2018)
The bond market’s yield curve is perilously close to predicting a recession — something it has done with surprising accuracy — and it’s become a bi... (2018)
For the poor, higher education may hurt more than it helps. (2018)
Inspired by Silicon Valley’s hyper-growth, companies elsewhere are burning cash in hopes of being the next big thing. (2018)
Is it better to rent or buy your home? Folks have been arguing about this for decades. Let's look at some quick and easy ways to evaluate the numbe... (2018)
IT WAS an announcement Mauricio Macri hoped never to have to make. On May 8th Argentina’s exhausted-looking president declared that Argentina was s... (2018)
Overpaid, over-important and over-geared "BUSINESS school graduates do not all want to work in investment banking these days. The industry does ... (2018)
The rise of renting in the U.S. isn’t just about high housing prices, or preferences for city living, but about the flexibility to compete in today... (2018)
Now that tax time has passed, give yourself a financial fresh start and get some help to make the right money moves for next year. (2018)
We invited America’s public school teachers to show us the conditions that a decade of budget cuts has wrought in their schools. (2018)
Governments are struggling as mounting pension obligations crowd out the rest of their budgets. Oregon faces a severe, self-inflicted crisis. (2018)
AMERICA is a global superpower, the world's largest economy and it has the most liquid capital markets. The Treasury bond yield is often described ... (2018)
ECONOMISTS often worry about a country’s current-account deficit. Turkey’s is around 4% of GDP. Last year Britain’s was around 4.5% of GDP. America... (2018)
Nearly everyone pursuing a bachelor’s degree is borrowing money, and as prices soar, a college degree often comes with an unprecedented financial b... (2018)
U.S. student loan debt now equals the size of the $1.3 trillion U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, presenting investors with a whole different ... (2017)
BLESSED with tropical beaches, bossa nova and balletic footballers, Brazil seems like a marvellous place to be young. It is an even better place to... (2017)
THE faded modernist façades along Copacabana’s beachfront hark back to Brazil’s optimistic past. The seaside promenade, where walking sticks outnum... (2017)
New York Times, 2017: “Transworld has been one of most prolific debt collectors, filing more than 38,000 lawsuits in the last three years on behalf... (2017)
College in the United States is expensive. The cost of higher education just keeps going up. Tuition costs at both public and private universities ... (2019)
Eschewing consumer culture, Pete Adeney, also known as Mr. Money Mustache, practices an extreme frugality that allowed him to retire at age 30. Avo... (2018)
After WWI, Europe's leaders established greater economic ties to help prevent future continental conflict. Now, more than half a century later, the... (2018)
Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of t... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 10, 2016 Credit reports play a surprisingly large role in our lives, but even more surprising is how often they ... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Jun 5, 2016 Companies that purchase debt cheaply then collect it aggressively are shockingly easy to start. We can... (2018)
LastWeekTonight Published on Aug 10, 2014 Payday loans put a staggering amount of Americans in debt. They prey on the elderly and military serv... (2018)
If you've ever wondered why some people think renting is better than owning, here's the explanation behind how that can be true. (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on Dec 5, 2017 Tyler Cowen puts Keynesian, monetarist, real business cycle, and Austrian theories to w... (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on May 23, 2017 In this video, we examine the causes behind the Great Depression with the help of the ... (2018)
Marginal Revolution University Published on Aug 9, 2016 There’s already been much discussion over what fueled the Great Recession of 2008. In t... (2018)
a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)
a16z, Published on Oct 25, 2017, Financial services startup, or fintech, are innovating across broad categories — in core banking, new financial s... (2017)
LastWeekTonight, 2016 "Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief. (2017)
Published on Aug 31, 2013 A video looking at way you can't simply print money to pay off debt. And what has happened when countries have tried to!... (2017)
There’s something wrong with prices in funding and bond markets, according to this week’s Odd Lots guest. Zoltan Pozsar is a former adviser to the ... (2019)
Andrew Zimbalist, the Robert A. Woods professor of economics at Smith College, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay to discuss the political and economic c... (2018)