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Zach Carter's picture

'The Hill' Goes to Bat for Payday Lenders

The Hill published a truly outrageous op-ed yesterday by a payday lending front group, and the publication didn't bother to tell readers it was providing a platform for a predatory hatchet-woman. more »

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Why Is It So Hard To Hold Wall Street Accountable?

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearings continue to be a boring mess, peppered with a few moments of significant insight. Throughout most of yesterday's hearing featuring the nation's top bank regulator, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, Commissioners treated their witness as a credible expert, rather than a culpable catalyst of the crash. more »

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Liveblogging Dugan's Appearance at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Why did Angelides wait until 3:00 to hit Dugan on preemption? He really went for it, and it was great. Angelides to Dugan: "You tied the hands of the states and then you sat on your hands." more »

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Student Loan Industry: We Are NOT Dead Yet

Recently the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, advised college financial administrators that with the likely passage of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) in the Senate, universit more »

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Tom Crowl's picture

Self-Interest vs Altruism - Problems in Scaling the Decision Process

Both Self-Interest and Altruism are inherent motivations in humans and have essential and established roles in evolutionary theory well supported by both observation and controlled experiment.

Examples of altruism extend across many species: soldier ants sacrificing themselves for the colony, vervet monkeys sounding loud alarms to warn of threats though it draws a predator's attention to themse more »

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