Tag Archive for ‘Allan Jones’
Hear Me Speak at the Cleveland City Club
An alternative title for this post might be: Presidents, World Leaders, and Me. I happily said yes when I was invited to address the Cleveland City Club — and then I received a more formal invitation in the mail that listed some of its past speakers. The City Club was having me for its Friday [...]
Pinch Hitting on PBS’s NewsHour
I’ve been a fan of Ray Suarez’s work dating back to his days hosting NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.” My favorite part was always the brief essay he he would write to introduce that segment of the show. The man can write — and radio gave his words a real intimacy, almost like he was [...]
Even Bloomberg “Loves” BROKE
Well, I’m not sure what Mayor Mike thinks of BROKE but it was sweet to log on Twitter a few days back and read this tweet posted by the book review editor at Bloomberg News: “Bloomberg’s Jim Pressley, master reviewer of all finance books, loves ‘Broke USA’ by @grivlin” Lots of quotables in this review [...]
Kicking Up a Sh*tstorm in Cleveland, Tenn.
An intense first week as Broke, USA saw its official release on Tuesday. It was a thrill to start the week talking about the book on “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, who uttered some of the sweetest words an author can ever hear: “We’ll continue talking with our guest, author Gary Rivlin, in the second [...]
Pioneers of Subprime: Allan Jones and the Payday Loan
I write about Allan Jones – W. Allan Jones, Jr., if I were still on staff at The New York Times – in a piece for The Huffington Post. The Cliff’s Notes version of that post: Let’s just say that Mr. Jones (pictured) and those around him are not the most progressive bunch on issues [...]
Book Excerpt in Biz Wk: “Payday Nation”
Payday Nation: How lending to people against their future paychecks went from a single shack to a strip mall staple
