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Greek Politics Four Years After the Financial Crisis
Leo Panitch on the left Coalition: Syriza and the struggle against austerity.
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Supreme Court Hears Argentina Predatory Hedge Fund Discovery Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court hears arguments between Argentina and holdouts who refused two debt restructuring deals after Argentina defaulted on its debts in 2001.
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As Parents Struggle To Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand To Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
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High-Cost Lender World Finance Target of Federal Probe
The investigation follows a ProPublica story that detailed the company's lending practices.
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Debt Collectors Go After Service Members Despite Protections
Debt collectors are targeting members of the Armed Services by calling their superior officers, threatening reduction in rank and even courts-martial, despite stepped-up efforts to protect them from abuse.
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The Danger in Giving Payday Lenders a Pass Because “Their Employees Are Nice”
A university professor has suggested that high-cost, predatory consumer loans should be given a "pass" because the employees are "friendly" and because consumer advocates are "out of touch."
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Keep Your Promise: A Left-Right Coalition To Help Veterans and Cut the Debt
How we are going to pay for increased veterans' benefits, given broad Republican resistance to raising revenue or increasing the deficit?
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Argentina Files Final Supreme Court Appeal in Global Hedge Fund Debt Case
The opposition to vulture funds is widespread.
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Fix the Debt’s Last Harrumph
Last week, the House voted to raise the government's borrowing limit until March 2015 without any conditions.
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The Economics of the 1%: Deficit Disorders and Debt Delirium
John Weeks: A fundamental misconception of neoliberal economics is that governments need to balance their budgets like a household.