Current:Home > reviewsWhat's Your Worth?-VaTradeCoin
What's Your Worth?
lotradecoin hardware wallet support View Date:2024-12-26 11:01:12
The credit score: even if you don't think much about it, that three-digit number can change your life. A high score can mean the keys to a new apartment or a new car, while a low score can keep you locked out of the American Dream. Around 40% of people in the U.S. have a low credit score or no credit score at all. So what happened? Today on the show, we talk with media historian Josh Lauer about credit's origins as a moral judgment, and how a tool intended to level the playing field has instead created haves and have-nots.
veryGood! (5177)
Related
- Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal
- Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit
- House explosion in New Hampshire leaves 1 dead and 1 injured
- Powerball jackpot reaches $1.23B as long odds mean lots of losing, just as designed
- Mystery drones are swarming New Jersey skies, but can you shoot them down?
- Is Caitlin Clark or Paige Bueckers college basketball's best player? What the stats say
- Final Four expert picks: Does Purdue or North Carolina State prevail in semifinals?
- Bachelor Nation's Blake Moynes Made a Marriage Pact With This Love Is Blind Star
- China's ruling Communist Party expels former chief of sports body
- 78 dogs rescued: Dog fighting operation with treadmills, steroids uncovered in Alabama
Ranking
- China's new tactic against Taiwan: drills 'that dare not speak their name'
- Rudy Giuliani can remain in Florida condo, despite judge’s concern with his spending habits
- New York can take legal action against county’s ban on female transgender athletes, judge says
- Paul McCartney gushes about Beyoncé’s version of 'Blackbird' on her new 'Cowboy Carter' album
- Taylor Swift makes history as most decorated artist at Billboard Music Awards
- Conan O'Brien to return to 'Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon for first time after firing
- Governor orders transit agency to drop bid to tax NYC Marathon $750K for use of Verrazzano bridge
- California Democrats agree on plan to reduce budget deficit by $17.3 billion
Recommendation
-
Sabrina Carpenter Shares Her Self
-
State Bar of Wisconsin agrees to change diversity definition in lawsuit settlement
-
Knicks forward Julius Randle to have season-ending shoulder surgery
-
Give me a 'C'! Hawkeyes play Wheel of Fortune to announce Caitlin Clark as AP player of year
-
ParkMobile $32.8 million settlement: How to join class
-
Chick-fil-A testing a new Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich at select locations: Here's what's in it
-
Alabama hospital to stop IVF services at end of the year due to litigation concerns
-
Finland will keep its border with Russia closed until further notice over migration concerns