Good for Warren Buffett that he can afford to do that! Some people, sometimes, need to finance a purchase or rent a car, and a credit card becomes a necessity.

Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

It's powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.

The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

There's a lot of research on the shift in who deals with money when families get in trouble. In good times, husbands handle the family's finances about 80 percent of the time. But when times turn sour and families start dealing with creditors and managing unpayable bills, women take more active roles.