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Scrooge and J.R. Ewing are wrong, selfish people make less money. New research shows that selfish people make less money than generous individuals. Overall, selfish people earn less than altruistic individuals, as the results of five studies reveal. Moreover, research ...

The student loan debt crisis is quickly getting out of control and is threatening America’s economy. In fact, student loans are the fastest growing kind of debt in America. Student loan debt has grown by 157% since 2007, Bloomberg estimates. ...

The Sears bankruptcy shows America could no longer be a middle-class country. Sears has been the store for America’s middle-class for many years. In its heyday, Sears sold everything needed for the middle-class lifestyle. In particular, Sears sold houses, appliances, ...

There is highly compelling evidence that the average American family is still in worse economic shape than in 2007. The reality on Main Street is that income is falling and the American dream is unobtainable for most people. The average American ...

A fast-spreading currency crisis could cause major economies to collapse and wipe out the value of dollar-denominated accounts across the country. Here’s what’s going on right now. Three large national economies: Argentina, Turkey, and Venezuela, are currently collapsing because of ...

So you’ve decided that backyard chickens would be a good addition to your self-sufficient lifestyle. Now comes the more difficult part. What exactly are you going to do with those chickens you see scratching and nesting in your mind’s eye? ...

Residents of Wyoming pay the least taxes in the United States, while New Yorkers pay the most. That’s the conclusion of a recent study by the Tax Foundation which ranked the 10 best and 10 worst states for taxes. The ...

A $6.3 trillion debt time bomb can blow America’s economy to pieces. Corporate America has accumulated more debt than it can pay. Corporate debt equals 45% of America’s gross domestic product (GDP), The Week’s Jeff Spross noted. Moreover, the GDP ...

If you listen to the financial industry’s propaganda, you might believe that having a low credit score means you will end up sleeping under a bridge and foraging for food in garbage cans. Nothing could be further from the truth. ...

The global debt is reportedly 318% larger than the value of all the world’s economies. The Institute of International Finance (IIF) estimates that the human race owes $247 trillion. One major issue concerning this fact is that very often debt ...