Are Payday Loans Really All Bad?
A new paper suggests payday loans improve well-being in some situations, but not in others. By Dwyer Gunn…
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Is Regulation the Answer to America’s Payday Loan Addiction?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just announced new regulations on the payday lending industry. Will they solve the problem?
Predatory Lending Is Another Form of American Housing Discrimination
Why do so many minority borrowers, even those with good credit, end up with high-cost loans?
Is RushCard Really the Problem?
As banks have increasingly failed to provide products and services tailored to low-income customers, many have flocked to alternative financial service providers.
Tech Companies Want to Replace Payday Loan Shops
High-interest loans are predatory whether you get them at a corner store or in an app.
Faces of Debt: Beware “the College Loan Repo Man”
For decades, one of the driving impulses of American liberalism has been to expand people’s access to good things…