Regulating Payday Lenders Out of Our Neighborhoods Like Porn Shops and Liquor Stores

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

Houston       Payday lenders are by definition predatory no matter how they try to spin the story. Driving in torrential, blinding rains yesterday from Dallas to Houston, I listened to an ad from ACE Cash Express offering “free” loans of up to $1500 for 30-days supposedly without any interest or fees. ACE Cash Express just settled …

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Increases in the Minimum Wage Correct Inequalities in Wage Distribution

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues

Kiln     One of my projects for my wor-cation had been to finally finish reading Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.  I had ordered the book from the first notice, read 50 pages, and then just couldn’t see hauling the weight on airplanes.  I even read that Amazon e-book surveys based on noting “underlining” on …

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