ECONOMY

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents in Queens, N.Y. Warren wants the federal government to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in existing student loan debt.

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Erase Most Student Loan Debt

2:28pm April 22, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

The senator's higher-education proposal for her 2020 presidential run goes further than just free college and would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in existing loans.

Economy

WalletHub CEO: Growing Credit Card Debt Is An Economic Warning Sign

8:24am April 21, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of WalletHub, about growing credit card debt and what it means for the economy.

Economy

'Physically And Mentally Draining': The Economic Hardships U.S. Dairy Farmers Face

7:13am April 20, 2019

Penny Berg and her son, Mark Berg, tell NPR's Scott Simon about the current economic difficulties facing American dairy farmers.

In 2008, 3 Officials Were On The Frontline Of The Financial Crisis

7:45am April 19, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to ex-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and ex-President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, about their book and the economy.

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Revised NAFTA Deal Would Offer Modest Economic Benefits, Report Says

7:34am April 19, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

The renegotiated trade pact among the U.S., Mexico and Canada would modestly boost the U.S. economy, most notably in the auto industry, according to the International Trade Commission's report.

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Pedestrians walk past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C.

A Guardian of Global Capitalism Warns Capitalism Has A Problem

9:57am April 16, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

The IMF finds companies are getting increasingly powerful. Here's why that's bad for consumers and for the whole economy.

Watch The Throne(s)

4:29pm April 15, 2019

The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones starts on April 14.

Tax Consultants Prepare For New Tax Guidelines

Tax Troubles, Tax Triumphs

4:28pm April 15, 2019

We talk about the other certain thing — you know, the one that's not death.

On Tax Day: The IRS Is Short Of Money

1:34pm April 15, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The Internal Revenue Service's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits and a growing likelihood that other taxpayers are not paying what they owe.

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President Trump Tells Asylum-Seekers That 'Our Country Is Full.' Is It?

6:55am April 15, 2019

Trump said, referring to immigrants from Latin America to the U.S., "We can't take you. Our country is full." David Greene asks David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution, how true that is.

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