Social disorder. Prisons emptied of violent criminals by gangs looking to rebuild their ranks. Schools, hospitals, and pharmacies targeted for looting and frequently burned. Corpses left rotting in the streets for fear of succumbing to the same fate by attempts to remove them. The capital’s port was captured and ransacked, with famine threatening. Meanwhile, on Haiti’s northern coast, cruise ships still disgorge foreign tourists to the protected (with no shortage of irony) “Columbus Cove Beach.”...
The Luscombe family's plight is an example of what is happening to people all over Cornwall
Student debt, a new Gallup report shows, is making it harder for young people to reach key life milestones. According to a Gallup survey of over 14,000 adults, over 70% of people say student debt has “delayed major life events” including moving out of their parents’ home, getting married, and having a child. Strikingly, there […]
Debt Matters: Why It's Time To Position Into Countries With Low Outstanding Debt Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, In an era of economic uncertainty and volatility, the importance of managing national debt has never been more evident. Investors seek stability and long-term growth opportunities, so the spotlight turns towards countries with low outstanding debt. Understanding the Debt Conundrum National debt, often measured as a percentage of a country’s GDP,...
You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief. It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back. The White House tweeted out the forgiven...
“I was shocked to learn that medical debt was the number one cause of personal bankruptcy. This, along with the desire to help our neighbors across Hawaii, convinced our group that eliminating the medical debt hanging over many of them."
Dear Dave, A few years ago, I had a real problem with credit card debt. Since then
The deadline is coming up for tenants in Los Angeles to repay all their past-due rent from earlier in the COVID.
Shafaqna Pakistan | by Kamal Khalid, Pakistan has reached a critical juncture in its debt cycle, where the fiscal strain is reverberating across various sectors, leading to a downturn in key indicators such as poverty, unemployment, and social discontent. The recent plunge to the bottom of the UN Human Development
Traditional societies usually had restrictions to prevent self-support land from being alienated outside of the family or clan. By holding that the essence of private property is its ability to be sold or forfeited irreversibly, Roman law removed the archaic checks to foreclosure that prevented property from being concentrated in the hands of the few. This Roman concept of property is essentially creditor-oriented, and quickly became predatory. More
How many people can say their fifth grade class trip helped launch them on their path in life? I can.
A 4-pronged strategy can turn the tide of species extinction.