This month, the Pew Research Center released a study that found that most wealthy Americans believed "poor people today have it easy because they can get government benefits without doing anything in return." "Easy" is a word not easily spoken among [...]

“As a city of immigrants, New York is home to a significant immigrant population who deserve proper identification,” said Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez. “This municipal ID card will provide access to a broad range of services to the undocumented and [...]

The proliferation of credit cards is relatively new, with plastic only becoming widely used around the 1950s. The dramatic shift to easily accessible money via credit cards has changed the way we wield our purchasing power and manage our money. [...]

There are differing opinions about whether overconfidence is good for humanity. Some say that believing that you're better than you really are is a self-fulfilling prophecy that's good for ambition and swift decision making. Overconfidence can lead to boosts in [...]

In courtrooms across New York State, lawsuits poured in by the hundreds as if manufactured on an assembly line. Some included generic testimony, others relied on bogus affidavits, churned out so rapidly that they were seldom viewed for accuracy. Sound [...]

Nearly half of borrowers do not shop for a mortgage The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its newest consumer tool “Owning a Home” to help spur homeowner education. This is a part of the CFPB Know Before you Owe mortgage [...]