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Weekend Listen: Japan’s $2 Trillion ‘Dementia Money’ Cliff
Japan is home to the world’s oldest population and a growing share of the country’s financial assets – about $2 trillion – are controlled by seniors …
1 month ago
Banks Really Hate Trump’s Credit Card Proposal
President Trump has revived a campaign pledge to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. It’s an effort to address affordability concerns among Americ…
1 month ago
SCOTUS Weighs Fed Independence
Across the ideological spectrum, Supreme Court justices appeared wary of President Trump’s attempts to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook …
1 month ago
Trump Takes Europe to the Brink on Greenland
In an unprecedented speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump ruled out taking Greenland by military force, bu…
1 month, 1 week ago
Inside ICE’s Plan to Build Detention ‘Mega Centers’
ICE has been open about its aggressive detention and deportation targets. And now, the agency has its sights set on a new kind of facility to house t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump’s Economy, One (Second) Year In
This week marks the end of President Trump’s first year back in office. His busy economic agenda included global tariffs, deregulation, tax cuts and …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Domino Effect of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
For Beijing, the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was a mixed bag -- an embarrassing surprise, a wake-up call over its alliances in …
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump’s Latest Target: Corporate Landlords
Since the 2008 financial crisis, private equity firms and other large investors have bought hundreds of thousands of homes across the US, expanding t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Pressure Is Mounting on Iran's Regime
Weeks of protests in Iran started over the high price of food and essential goods. They quickly engulfed the nation and, before long, were met with d…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Minnesota v. ICE
This week, following the deadly shooting of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota sued the federal government in a bid to…
1 month, 2 weeks ago