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Payday Lending

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Reason Podcast

Abortion Restrictionists Go Bold

No more baseball fight-style standoffs in the abortion wars. Plus: so-called constitutional crises, Bernie's credit paternalism, and GoT redux on the Reason Podcast.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 5.13.2019 3:00 PM

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Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders' New Plan Will Make It Tougher for Poor People To Get Credit Cards

Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to cap credit card interest rates. There will be unintended consequences.

Peter Suderman | 5.9.2019 5:48 PM

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Payday Lending

FDIC Attempts to Pressure Banks into Denying Services to Payday Lenders Violates Due Process Rights, Lenders Argue

Lawsuit wants to curb actions like "Operation Choke Point' in which bank regulators discourage banks from servicing certain customers, including gun and ammo dealers.

Brian Doherty | 10.23.2018 12:00 PM

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Payday Lending

How Payday Lenders and Check Cashers Help the Poor

An Ivy League professor went to work in the industry to figure out why so many Americans choose to remain "unbanked."

Todd Krainin | 4.13.2017 1:23 PM

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Why Customers Like Check Cashers and Payday Lenders

Many Americans prefer alternatives to traditional banking.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.18.2017 6:00 AM

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Feds Know What's Best For Your Personal Finances

Cracking down on payday lending

Eric Boehm | 6.11.2016 10:00 AM

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Google Is Banning Payday Lending Ads. That Sucks.

The ad giant's new policy is good-hearted but desperately wrong-headed.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.11.2016 5:33 PM

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Payday Lending

Consumers Need More Options, Not Fewer

Efforts in Virginia to outlaw payday lenders may salve consciences but they won't do anyone else any good.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.26.2015 10:45 AM

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Payday Lending

Meet the New Warm Fuzzy Payday Lenders

A better approach for a controversial industry

Greg Beato | 11.26.2014 7:00 AM

Payday Lending

Payday Lending: Why Isn't Everyone Doing It?

Brian Doherty | 8.15.2014 3:23 PM

Payday Lending

Loan Sharks May Owe Some State Lawmakers a Big 'Thanks'

J.D. Tuccille | 3.6.2014 8:39 PM

Lending

New York AG Goes After Personal Loan Companies

Some charging annual interest rates up to 355 percent

Reason Staff | 8.13.2013 12:00 PM

Payday Lending

PA Bill Would Legalize Payday Loans

The alternative is giving loan sharks a free hand

Reason Staff | 6.4.2013 12:36 PM

Payday Lending

Big Banks Backing Payday Lenders

As they work around state bans

Reason Staff | 2.25.2013 8:12 AM

Payday Lending

The Unintended Consequences of Cracking Down on Payday Lenders

Payday lenders aren't the demonic entities they're made out to be.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.24.2012 10:30 AM

Payday Lending

Payday Loans Head to the Indian Reservations

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.30.2011 2:36 PM

Payday Lending

Reason.tv: In Defense of Payday Lending

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 11.10.2010 3:00 PM

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