by James Fite | Feb 17, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
American Express, Visa, and MasterCard – three of the four main credit card networks in the US – are wading into the murky waters of gun control. California passed a law last year requiring firearm and ammunition retailers to be assigned a unique merchant code to...
by John Klar | Oct 29, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
Historically, credit card debt carries a higher interest rate than secured loans such as mortgages or car loans. However, the rates being charged for most credit cards now outstrip past experience, even as gasoline, rent, and fuel prices continue to crush the living...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 14, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
Would the national economy collapse if the US government and consumers repaid all their debt or if borrowing were outlawed? It is a fair question considering how much debt the public and private sectors have amassed since the coronavirus pandemic. While red ink had...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 18, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
Is this the “nothing is what it seems” economy? The latest US retail sales numbers might support the bears’ notion that everything about the current economic landscape is artificial, requiring a deeper dive beneath the surface to determine that many...
by Andrew Moran | May 11, 2022 | Business News, Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics
Over the last two years, the United States economy has been flooded by debt. But now that interest rates are on the rise, is the US about to drown in a debt tsunami? For more episodes, click...