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Regulation is such a dirty word these days that it's easy to forget what a big difference it can make in the lives of ordinary people. Take, for instance, the Federal government's successful push to ban refund anticipation loans.
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David Callahan
The derivatives industry is squeezing Washington like a python. Desperate to control the tone and thrust of derivatives regulation, industry lobbyists have been swarming over the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of which is writing derivatives
In the media
Roger Lowenstein
La educación superior se ha convertido en un requisito básico para conseguir un trabajo con un salario decente y  para entrar en la clase media.  A la misma vez, esta licenciatura se ha puesto tan cara que no está al alcance de muchos de los jóvenes en Estados Unidos. El costo de ir a una
Policy Briefs
Viany Orozco
Demos welcomes the opportunity to submit comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Notice and Request for Comment concerning the Bureau’s definition of larger consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) that will be subject to the CFPB’s supervision.
Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
1. The government has collected less in taxes as a proportion of the economy in the past three years than it has in any three-year period since World War II, and tax rates are at historic lows.
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Ben Peck
Hattie Carthan Community Garden nyc.go
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J. Mijin Cha
A Conversation with Rakim Brooks
In the media
The Fairness for Struggling Students Act should apply not only to private student loans but to government student loans as well.
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Jack Temple
A compromise has been reached on New York's living wage, and it is now estimated that it will help only 400-500 workers a year. Even the bill's opponents will tell you this legislation is no threat to their livelihood.
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Anna Pycior
Adjusted for inflation, state support for each full-time public-college student declined by 26.1 percent from 1990 to 2010, forcing students and their families to shoulder more of the cost of higher education at a time when family incomes were largely stagnant, according to a report released on
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