Media Archives: Recent Articles "Shocking Credit Card Facts", Motley Fool , September 30, 2004 "Experts offer survival skills for 'Credit Card Nation'", Scripps Howard News Service , August 26, 2004 "Get an A+ in plastic", CNN Money , August 16, 2004 "How Americans manage their money", San Francisco Gate , June 13, 2004 "Credit card late fees continue to climb," MSNBC , May 25, 2004 "In debt we trust", Inman News , April 26, 2004 "Greenspan blas� about debt: Too upbeat on household sector, credit experts say" CNN , February 23, 2004 "It's time to lock into fixed rates," The Financial Times , February 6, 2004 Americans struggling with personal debt: And many lack savings for emergencies Seattle Post-Intelligencer , January 6, 2004 "College grads face financial hurdles," MSNBC News , May 22, 2003 "Keep your college kid financially sane," CNNmoney, August 14, 2003 "Our Credit Crunch," the Motley Fool "In hock to the hilt," USNews.com, July 21, 2003 "Credit Cards - Public Enemy No. 1" by Ralph Nader, the Online Arbitor, July 11, 2003 "Plastic Money's Predatory Lenders", The Nader Page, July 3, 2003 "Credit Conundrum," ABCNNEWS.com, June 20, 2003 "They're Baaaaack: Card Marketers on Campus," Credit Card Management, May 27, 2003 Good debt and bad debt, Bankrate.com "The mortgage growth incentive," Chicago Tribune, May 25, 2003 College grads face financial hurdles, MSNBC, May 22, 2003 "Offensive T-shirt stirs anger at U of L", The Courier Journal, January 29, 2003 "Charge It, Santa Baby.", Newsweek, Dec. 23, 2002 "New card makes credit a present", The Indianapolis Star, December 13, 2002 "Dad, will you pay my Visa?" CNN Money, December 12, 2002 "Don't Leave College Without It: Universities are cutting big-dollar deals with credit card companies, and students are paying the price.", Mother Jones, March/April 2002 College Credit, Houston Press, March 20, 2002 Major Periodical Articles "Credit use strangles wealth: African American debt is increasing taster than income", Black Enterprise, November, 2004 "Experts offer survival skills for 'Credit Card Nation'", Scripps Howard News Service , August 26, 2004 "Sally Mae Not", Boston Phoenix , November 28 - December 4, 2003. "Older Americans Going Deeper in Debt", AARP , March 2003. "Charge It, Santa Baby.", Newsweek, Dec. 23, 2002. "Credit Cards for College Kids", Smart Money , July 11, 2002. "Don't Leave College Without It: Universities are cutting big-dollar deals with credit card companies, and students are paying the price.", Mother Jones, March/April 2002. "Honey, Can We Afford It? U.S. consumers are keeping the world economy afloat. But they're up to their eyeballs in debt.", Fortune, September 3, 2001 posted on Business2.0 "Pushed off the financial cliff: GROWING NUMBERS OF OVEREXTENDED CONSUMERS ARE TURNING TO CREDIT-COUNSELING SERVICES. THE HELP THEY FIND MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.", Consumer Reports, July 1, 2001 "Finances of Young People Off to a Poor Start", Nation's Building News: The National Association of Home Builders, June 25, 2001 "The Lure of Easy Credit Leaves More Students Struggling With Debt", Chronicle of Higher Education, June 15, 2001 Cover Story, "Drowning in Debt in America", U.S. News and World Report, appeared on March 19, 2001. On-line version available. "Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student Debtors", Black Issues in Higher Education, March 15, 2001 "Congress could make it harder to bail out A bankrupt bill?", U.S. News and World Report, February 21, 2001. (Also available on their web site) "BIG CARDS ON CAMPUS: Affinity-card issuers are stepping in with megabucks" Business Week, Sept 20, 1999, pp. 136-138. "The credit card binge: College Students are engaging in some risky spending" U.S. News and World Report, September 6, 1999 "Study Documents the Extent of Students' Credit-Card Debt" The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 18, 1999, Volume XLV, Number 41 Television Interviews "A Matter of Interest," CBS News , Dec. 26, 2004 "College grads face financial hurdles," MSNBC News , May 22, 2003 "Credit cards that pay to stay in debt," MSNBC News, September 19, 2003 Burden of Proof: Capitol Hill Tightens Grip on Bankruptcy Law, CNN, March 16, 2001 ABC Money Talks segment on credit cards, September 9, 2001 "Credit Cards and College Students" segment on ABC WORLD NEWS, August 12, 2001 Interview on BBC Television, June 12, 2001 Interview on The O'Reilly Factor, FOX News on Thursday, March 15, 2001 "Interview on Bankruptcy Reform" CNN, March 1, 2001 "The Power of Plastic", 60 Minutes II, CBS, January 23, 2001 "Students Hooked on Credit", CBS Evening News, May 3, 2000 Article and video excerpt available on the CBS site "College Kids and Debt" Take it Personally, CNN, June 8, 1999. See related story on CNN web site, ("Credit cards on campus get bad marks by some") "College Student Credit Card Debt" ABC Good Morning America, June 15, 1999 "Collegiate Credit Junkies: Critics Allege Credit Card Companies Try to Hook Students, ABCNEWS.com, June 8, 1999 "Students no longer need credit cosigners", CNNfn August 9, 1999 Radio Interviews Interview by Sheryl Gasser Wisconsin Public Radio , December 27, 2004 Comment on rise of interest rates "Newscast for June 30, 2004", Marketplace (Public Radio) , June 30, 2004 Interview with Laurie Taylor on "CREDIT CARD and ATTITUDES TO DEBT", BBC Radio , February 11, 2004 Interview with Ben Merens, WPR Radio , January 8, 2004. Interview with Mike Thorton on Predatory Lending, The League of Revolutionaries for a New America , October 15, 2003. A Nation in Debt: Interview with All Things Considered guest host Lynn Neary, NPR , Jan. 29-31, 2003. Interview with Jean Feraca, WPR Radio , December 27, 2001. Credit Card Season, ABC Australia, December 5, 2001. Interview with Tom Clark, WPR Radio, August 29, 2001, "Declare Your Financial Independence", Audio Interview, The Motley Fool Radio Show, July 2, 2001 Interview "Is Our Economy a House of Cards?", Sound Money, November 3, 2001. (radio interview available on site, requires Real Audio player). "Capitol Hill Tightens Grip on Bankruptcy Law," Burden of Proof, March 16, 2001 Dr. Manning's C-Span lecture on CREDIT CARD NATION, filmed at VERTIGO BOOKS, College Park, MD on January 25th is available at the on-line C-Span store. "Consumer Credit", Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, February 20, 2001. (broadcast available on site, requires Real Audio player). Radio Interview, Jim Bohannon Show, January 24, 2001 "Ask the Expert", Financial Sense Online, January 24, 2001 (radio interview available) WAMU, Diane Rehm Show, January 22, 2001, 10 a.m. WEVD/"Mazer in the Morning", January 11, 2001 WNYC/ "Are We Headed to Financial Downfall? Has the Recession Begun? "On the Line" with Brian Lehrer, January 11, 2001 WBAI/Pacifica, Doug Henwood, "Behind the News," January 11, 2001 The Mary Starrett Show, CHRISTIAN RADIO, "Credit Cards & The Recession," January 9, 2001 "All Things Considered" National Public Radio, January 7, 2001 "Interview with Bob Merens" Wisconsin Public Radio, June 14, 1999 Online News Hour - Personal Credit Crisis. -- November 29, 1996 TRANSCRIPT. Economics correspondent, Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston, looks at mounting consumer debt Major Newspaper Articles "How Americans manage their money", San Francisco Gate , June 13, 2004 "In 1992, young adults carried almost $1,500 on their credit cards. By 2001, their debt grew to nearly $3,000", Boston Globe, May 22, 2005 "Credit-card debt can be the part of college that lasts the longest", Duluth News Tribune , May 2, 2004 "Credit in college: Easy access, lack of knowledge lead to problems", Argus Leader , May 2, 2004 "Credit cards can bury a young student", Baltimore Sun , March 7, 2004 "Professor pushing efforts to rein in personal debt", Rochester Business Journal , March 5, 2004 "Consumer debt a growing problem", Rome News-Tribune , February 14, 2004 "Burned by economy, consumed by debt", Atlanta Journal-Constitution , January 18, 2004 "Consumer debt is spiraling out of control", Baltimore Sun , January 17, 2004 "U.S. Consumer Debt Grows at Alarming Rate: Debt Burden Will Intensify When Interest Rates Rise", The Washington Post , January 12, 2004 "Credit-Addicted Generation Burying Itself In Debt: Experts Worry About The Impact On Families, Society", Associated Press , January 6, 2004 "A Fresh Start: MANY RESOLVE TO CHANGE SPENDING, SAVING HABITS AS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION Enough Magazine", Mercury News , Jan. 04, 2004 "Cryptic monthly bills detail more than just minimum payments", Argus Leader , Jan. 04, 2004 "Money to burn" The London Observer , November 30, 2003 "Credit Cards on Campus," Enough Magazine, Center for A New American Dream, Fall 2003:1, 8-9. "Credit Card Companies Target Teens: Teens Still Spend In Rough Economic Times", ClickOnDetroit , September 24, 2003. "Why students don't need credit cards," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 30, 2003 "Many college students learn lesson of credit card debt", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 1, 2002 "Offensive T-shirt stirs anger at U of L", The Courier Journal, January 29, 2003 "Young consumers: Indebted to the future", The Miami Herald, Mar. 08, 2002 "Credit-Card Debt Grows For Seniors", The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, July 8, 2002 "New card makes credit a present", The Indianapolis Star, December 13, 2002. "Covering More than the Price of Admission", Washington Post, April 28, 2002. "DIPLOMAS COME WITH DEBT", Washington Times Weekly, March 5, 2002. "Retailers have stake in how young adults deal with debt Spending habits will shape many futures", Detroit News, March 8, 2002. "Young consumers: Indebted to the future", Miami Herald, March 8, 2002. "College grads face crushing debt -- and recession", South Coast Today, January 13, 2002. The Pitfalls of Credit Card Abuse, The Black Collegian , 2002. "Young adults living large, sinking deep", Detroit Free Press, December 28, 2001 "The price of plastic", Orlando Weekly, September 16, 2001 Crushed by debt: How the credit card bosses wreck lives for profit The Socialist Worker , May 25, 2001 "Colleges stand to profit as students pile up debt" Detroit News, April 23, 2001 "Colleges profiting from credit debts: Are they at fault: Schools receiving shares of charges", Richmond Times Dispatch, March 12, 2001 Dr. Manning's editorial "American households swimming in red ink", appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Monday, February 26, 2001 Michelle Singletary, "Drawing a Line between 'Need' and 'Want'", Washington Post, February 25, 2001, H01 "Debt Smothers Young Americans" U.S.A. Today, February 13, 2001, Page 1-A "Colleges confront on-campus creditors" Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2001 "Bankrupt at 24" Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2001 "Are teens ready to take the plastic plunge?", Seattle Times, October 16, 2000 "Credit-card companies catch college students", Oregon Daily Emerald, September 29, 2000 "Students Binge on Credit", editorial, USA Today, (article can be purchased from their on-line archive--free summary available), September 14, 2000 "Personal Business: How Debit Cards Can Burn Holes in Student Pockets, The New York Times, September 9, 2000 "Kids get their Cards: Visa Buxx Puts Plastic in Teen Hands" Akron Beacon Journal, September 4, 2000 "Rising Debts Pick the American Pocket", San Diego Union Tribune, September 3, 2000 "Credit Cards get Training Wheels", Credit Risk Management Report, Volume 10, No. 16., August 21, 2000 "The Credit-card Industry Makes it Easy to be in Debt", San Diego Union Tribune, June 25, 2000 "Master Card Drops Consumer Fraud Liability" Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 4, 2000, Page 2C "The Credit Card: 50 Years of Convenience, 50 Years of Debt" Salt Lake Tribune, March 19, 2000 Roberto Sanchez , "Schools ban credit-card promotions" The Seattle Times, November 11, 1999 "Few campuses offer students debt counseling", Cincinnati Enquirer. September 19, 1999. Albert B. Crenshaw "Students pay dearly for debt: study finds effects far beyond the financial" Washington Post, Sunday, June 13, 1999, Page H02 Financial Andrea Fine, "Red ink stains student wallets" Christian Science Monitor, July 8, 1999 "Credit cards act as extra temptation for college students" Kansas City Star, August 16, 1999 "Credit card issuers prey on students, parents complain; Deep debt has driven young people to suicide" San Francisco Examiner, B1 "Credit Cards Force Students to learn some hard lessons" The Tennessean, June 14, 1999, p. E1 "Lawmakers need to take up credit card bill", Knoxville News-Sentinel, June 13, 1999, p. G2 "Credit issuers blamed for student debt; companies defend their role on campus", The Miami Herald, June 9, 1999 "Debt Teaches Hard lessons," Florida Times-Union, June 16, 1999, p. C1 "Study: Card Debt Takes Heavy Toll on Students," American Banker, June 10, 1999 "Credit Card Industry Preys on Students, Critics Charge", The Daily Oklahoman, June 9, 1999, pg. 1 "Students hooked on credit cards", Atlanta Constitution, June 9, p. 12a "Watch your credit--landlords and lenders rely more than ever on credit reports that can shut you out of housing choices" Seattle Times, June 27, 1999 "Students ringing up credit card debt; Study's author cites companies aggressive marketing on campus" Dallas Morning News, June 9, 1999 Web News and Chats "Credit Cards 101: A Student's Guide to Credit Cards", Young Money , December 3, 2004 "Shocking Credit Card Facts", Motley Fool , September 30, 2004 "Student Credit Cards 101: A Student's Guide to Credit", CardRatings.com , August 26, 2004 "Get an A+ in plastic", CNN Money , August 16, 2004 "Credit card late fees continue to climb," MSNBC , May 25, 2004 "In debt we trust", Inman News , April 26, 2004 "Generation debt," azfamily.com , March 25, 2004 "Bankruptcy 'reform' could punish elderly," CNBC - MSN , March 5, 2004 "Living on Borrowed Dimes," Motley Fool , March 4, 2004 "Consumer Debt More Than Doubles in Decade," NewsMax , Jan. 7, 2004 "Swimming in a sea of debt," The Washington Post, December 14, 2003 "The Credit Conundrum," Reporter Magazine On-line, December 12, 2003 "What's in Your Purse?" The Motley Fool, November 18, 2003 "Shopping For Help," The Town Talk, October 30, 2003 Credit Cards Offer Cash Back With a Catch NBC San Diego, October 7, 2003 "Course for Credit," The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, October 2003 "Credit Card Companies Target Teens," Click on Detriot, September 24, 2003 "Credit cards that pay to stay in debt," MSNBC News, September 19, 2003 "Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Credit Reporting Law", ABI World Update, August 31, 2003 "RIT professor promotes class on financial literacy", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, August 31, 2003 "Keep your college kid financially sane", CNNmoney, August 14, 2003 "Our Credit Crunch", the Motley Fool "In hock to the hilt" USNews.com, July 21, 2003 "Credit Cards - Public Enemy No. 1" by Ralph Nader, the Online Arbitor, July 11, 2003 "Plastic Money's Predatory Lenders", The Nader Page, July 3, 2003 "Credit Conundrum" ABCNNEWS.com, June 20, 2003. "The mortgage growth incentive," Chicago Tribune, May 25, 2003 "College grads face financial hurdles," MSNBC News , May 22, 2003 "Credit cards create student debt" GW Hatchet, October 21, 2002 "Freshmen, prepare for a credit card deluge" Bankrate.com, October 2002 "College Credit" Houston Press.com, March 20, 2002 "Our Credit Crunch" The Motley Fool "Spending Sickness" New York Metro.com "Click here to be debt-free" CNN Money, June 18, 2002 "Money for Nothing" Familyeducation.com "Dad, will you pay my Visa?" CNN Money, December 12, 2002 "Credit cards: big debt on campus" Bankrate.com "High college costs can be overcome: Students can jump tuition hurdles by taking the right freshmen steps" DetNews.com, May 5, 2002. "Credit addiction goes global America's latest cultural export is the buy-now, pay-later shopping habit", U.S. News Money & Business Story, March 25, 2002. "What paying with plastic really costs: The devil is in the details for interest rates, credit limits, and fees." CNN Money, March 13, 2002 "Young consumers face a world of debt", MSNBC.com, March 8, 2002. "Digging a hole: Young consumers rack up massive credit card debt" MyInky.com, March 8, 2002. "Can the Fed Rescue the U.S. Economy or Not?", Common Dreams News Center, January 16, 2002. "Indebted America", Common Dreams News Center, October 25, 2001 "Chained to Debt", Real Change News.org, October 4, 2001. "Credit-Card Capers", Insight on the News, August 20, 2001. "Student loans let youths study now, pay debt later", Bankrate.com, September 21, 2001. "The debtor generation", Bankrate.com, September 21, 2001. "New Generations: Credit cards for college students a big business", staugustine.com, September 9, 2001. "Debt Smothers Young Americans", Claritas, Inc. "Why Amex Doesn't Like Me", Slate, Sept 9, 2001 "Our Addiction to Credit", LiP Magazine, Interview by Silia J. A. Tilvi, July 23, 2001. Life Matters with Julie McCrossin, ABC Australia, June 12, 2001 "A Kinder, Gentler Bankruptcy Bill", BusinessWeek Online, June 7, 2001 "Pay day: Before you spend, do some financial planning", Gradind.com "Teen Plastic", Only-money.com "Passing the bill on bankruptcy" CNNfyi.com, April 21, 2001 "Debt Nation", OnLine Nation Extra, PBS.org April 18, 2001 "Students pay when campuses benefit from credit-card solicitations", gmToday, April 16, 2001. "As the economy worsens, rising level of consumer debt takes a toll on American households - Credit Card Nation" Junum, April 12, 2001 "Is the US a Credit Card Nation?", MSNBC Chat, April 12, 2001 "Generation Bankrupt" Salon.com, April 12, 2001. "Bankruptcy reform could hurt small businesses" OnVia Business News, March 16, 2001 "Lingering Debt Is Warning Signal", Associated Press, March 1, 2001 (posted on Northern Lights). "Charge it", Sub-Board I - U. of Buffalo, February 27, 2001. Guest of Michelle Singletary on the Washington Post.com Live Online web chat on the "Color of Money: Debt Free by 2003" on Tuesday, February 27, at 1:00. "Credit Card Financing", Small Business Center, CNBC, February 5, 2001 "The Perils of Plastic in a Downturn" Business Week Online, February 2, 2001 "Starting to Feel the Squeeze", financial section, Business Week Online, December 7, 2000 "Many Americans charge wisely, but more carry deeper debt" by Lucy Lazarony Bankrate.com, December 4, 2000 "U. Iowa Group to Offer Credit Card, Financial Counseling", Studentadvantage.com "A Tragic Tale of Debt", Myprimetime.com "Colleges urged to block solicitations", Zwire.com, (Herald News 2000), Aug 25, 2000 "Few campuses offer students debt counseling", Enquirer.com, (Cincinnati Enquirer), September 20, 1999 "Credit card firms target college campuses causing students deep debts" Detroit Free Press, June 9, 1999 "Group says credit companies hook students" Real Pittsburgh.com, June 9, 1999 "If only students saved as easily as they charge" Milwaukee Journal Online, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 27, 1999 "Credit-card companies aim marketing at young customers" Nandotext.com, July 16, 1999 "The old college try flops for payday lender on campus", Smartmoney.com Posted: Aug. 27, 1999 "Marketing plastic to students causes lawmakers to melt down" USA Today Banking News, Posted: June 21, 1999 International News (back to top) "Credit cards lure young women beyond their means", smh.au.com (Sun Herald), December 9, 2001. "Card debt hardship soars", The West Australian, December 7, 2001. "Credit Card Season", ABC Western Australia, audio interview available, December 5, 2001. "More young women graduates go bankrupt in Australia" StraitTimes, December, 2001. "Record debts question whether the plastic is so fantastic" The Sun-Herald/The Sydney Morning Herald, September 8, 2001. "Credit Card Issuers Prey on Students", Taipei Times, August 29, 2001, republished on Taiwan.com.au, "A cultural and business conduit between Australia and Taiwan..." "Debt Smothers Young Americans", Business Line, Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications, July 30, 2001. "Students destroyed by credit card debt", The Daily Dispatch Online, South Africa, June 10, 1999. "Teen Plastic", Only-money.com College News (back to top) "Credit Cards: Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt", CampusDoor.com "Credit card companies must stop targeting college students", Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago, September 30, 2002 "Please step away from the plastic", RedandBlack.com, (independent site serving the University of Georgia community, April 12, 2002 "Students struggle to deal with credit card debt: Affinity cards topic of controversy", The Tartan, (Carnegie Mellon), Volume 95, No. 5, March 28, 2002 "Gifts place students in debt to creditor", The Fauman - Florida A&M University., February 27, 2002 "Colleges Look to Help Students Avoid Credit-card Troubles", The Bells Online - UMHB Publications Dept., February 2002 "Students DISCOVER dangers of packing plastic", The Daily Cougar Online, Volume 66, N. 41, October 17, 2001 "Financial Management for College Students", The University of Georgia, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics "Students accrue debt with pizza, gum Credit companies get students to sign up, spend much more than original purchase", The Lumberjack - Online Edition, Humboldt State, September 27, 2001. "Credit Before It's Due: College students get crash course in debt", InsideVc "Credit Card Debt", The Student Movement, Web Edition, May 5, 2001 "Student Credit Use Spirals Out of Control', Foghorn Online, May 3, 2001 "Mutual Interest: MBNA and UD ", The Review, University of Delaware | Vol. 127 | Number 44, April 13, 2001 "Gimme Some Credit! Predatory credit card companies or irresponsible college students: Who's to blame for campus credit woes?" Spectator OnLine, March 21, 2001 "Experts look for solutions to student debt problem", Daily Texan, Volume 101, No. 101, February 23, 2001 "Survey says student credit debt on the rise", Daily Texan, Volume 101, No. 99, February 21, 2001 "Credit card debt: It’s everywhere you want to be", The Arkansas Traveler, February 2, 2001. "Credit Card Debt Traps College Students", Northgate News, U. C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, November 28, 2000 "Credit cards may get cut from college campuses", The Post, Ohio University, April 13, 2000 "Protect yourself from credit problems" The Student Voice Online News, March 2, 2000. "Credit Card Companies Aim Marketing at Young Customers" By Carol Frey, The News & Observer, Idaho Central Credit Union "Credit card use catches students in the web of debt" The Daily Northwestern, October 28, 1999 "Credit Card Conundrum" Chickclick.com Copyright Newtonian Finances Ltd. © 2000-2024 (disclaimer)