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John Oliver Forgives $15 Million in Debt
On June 5th, 2016, John Oliver, the host of HBO's Last Week Tonight, made a media splash when he forgave $15 million dollars in debt. He was using ...
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Money—Our Hardest Conversation Topic
Everyone knows there are a few hot-button topics that can make any conversation go nuclear. Religion. Health. Politics. Death. But when it comes to the ...
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Researcher Claims Credit Cards Make Us Forgetful
In the early 1990s, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago named Dilip Soman set out to study the effects of consumer credit, on the human ...
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George Washington's $300,000 Library Fine
While George Washington was in his first term as president, He borrowed the book The Law of Nations by Emmerich de Vattel from the historic New York Society ...
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Lottery Winners Who File for Bankruptcy
If you happened to win the lottery, your financial situation would improve, right? Actually, according to a study, the answer is maybe not. Three economics ...
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The Credit Card—One of History's Most Influential Objects
Neil MacGregor's book the History of the World in 100 Objects chronicles the things that have had the greatest impact on human history. (The items ...
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Abraham Lincoln Confronts His Step-brother about Debt
In 1850, Abraham Lincoln's step-brother, John D. Johnston, wrote to him and asked, yet again, for a loan so he could settle some debts. On previous ...
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Man Overcomes Gambling Addiction
Before serving as a Methodist minister from 2000 to 2010 near Nashville, Tennessee, John M. Eades spent two decades as a therapist counseling drug and ...
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Lives of 95 Percent Boredom, 5 percent Terror
I saw a troubling quote today. I was reading a news story about an NYPD detective named James Zadroga who had died from lung problems. Following 9/11, ...
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Bob Newhart Experiences Legalistic Accounting
I took a job as an accountant in downtown Chicago. As your basic 9-to-5 bookkeeper, my duties included managing the petty cash. Salesmen would come in ...
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