Kashana Cauley’s novel "The Payback" is a zany satire that takes on the predatory student loan system the only way we can– with a dark sense of humor and a wild revenge fantasy. Cauley’s dedication ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. You actually had to have this stuff in reserve to be a "national bank" in the United States. A one-hundred dollar Civil War ...

Many of us go about our daily lives — and handle our personal finances — without thinking about the national debt, which, as of Sept. 15, 2024, exceeds $35 trillion. It’s a number so astronomically ...

Haass argues that the debt has become a national security threat, saying the $1 trillion spent on interest last year outpaced ...

The Economics Studies program of the Brookings Institution has published a study on how mounting US federal debt, now at $36 trillion, could spark a devastating financial crisis in the US and globally ...

Wall Street doesn’t always move in sync, and top money managers rarely see eye to eye when it comes to investment strategy. Yet despite those many differences, everybody in finance seems to agree on ...

The United States government faces a dire financial situation that has raised concerns about its long-term economic stability. To better understand the gravity of this issue, it’s helpful to break ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals just averted a constitutional crisis — Democrats should be relieved. That it came from blocking yet another attempt by former President Joe Biden to shift billions in debt ...

After clashing with Trump on spending, Musk argues AI and robotics are the only path to easing record U.S. debt costs—and may even trigger future deflation.

The fall of the French government on Monday because of its failure to get through parliament an austerity program to deal with rising government debt is a very sharp political expression of the ...

Crypto markets sold off sharply in August 2024 in response to global macro dislocation caused by Japan’s fiscal crisis, underscoring their sensitivity to liquidity shocks and systemic risk. In the ...