CENTER FOR CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES
News & Media Archive
Here you will be able to download or view multimedia archives of various news coverage, podcasts and lectures involving the Center for Consumer Financial Services and/or Dr. Robert Manning.
July...
Economic Decline and Culture of Credit
NPR (July 26)
New Yardstick for Credit Card Debtors' Ability to Repay
Credit Union Times
(July 16, 2008)
RIT Prof. - Bail Out Mortgages First
R News
(July 15, 2008)
NPR - All Things Considered
(July 2, 2008)
Manning Inteview: Credit Crunch Hits Consumers, Companies
June...
How rising home values, easy credit put your finances at risk
USA Today
(June 17, 2008)
Student Credit Cards 101
StreetDirectory.com
(June, 2008)
May...
Consumers Reach for the Plastic
Marketplace
(May 29, 2008)
NPR "To The Point"
The future of energy - is the US prepared?
(May 27, 2008)
Cycle of Debt
The Seattle Times
(May 11, 2008)
April...
Why Generation Y is So Broke
MSNMoney
Bump up frequent flier miles with sign-up bonuses
CreditCards.com
(April 10, 2008)
March...
La próxima tempestad subprime arrastrará...
Cotizalia
(March 31, 2008)
Red Ink Rising
The Audit, Dean Starkman
(March/April 2008)
Poor Credit - Big Fees (video)
Bob Manning on Good Morning America
(March 27, 2008)
Die gefahrliche Pleite von Mr und Mrs Wallis
Stern magazine (Germany)
(March 19, 2008)
Per il consumatore Usa il peggio deve ancora venire
(For the USA consumer, the worst is yet to come)
Il Manifesto (Italy)
(March 14, 2008)
Some tax firms use loophole to grab money from poor
Buffalo News
(March 8, 2008)
Thursday,
Mar 8, 2007
Joy Cardin: Credit card companies were on Capitol Hill yesterday (Wednesday) facing questions over charges of unfair business practices. From late fees to high interest rates, Joy Cardin’s guest explains how “big plastic” has pulled the wool over your eyes. Guest: Robert Manning, author, "Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit."
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February...
Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN
Consumer Finance Section from transcript
(February 22, 2008)
SmartMoney
(February 20, 2008)
Guide to Smart Borrowing
Credit Cards in the USA
Report by William Heinzer, Journalist
Television Suisse Romande (main TV channel for French speaking in Switzerland)
(February 20, 2008)
view video (in French)
Why Credit Card Rates are Going Sky-High
World News with Charles Gibson
(February 11, 2008)
Shrinking Service Sector Fans Fears of Recession
Democrat & Chronicle
(February 6, 2008)
Facing losses on bad loans, banks boost credit card rates
USA Today
(Feburary 6, 2008)
January...
Killer Credit: Attack of the $915 Billion Consumer Debt Monster
Adam Doster, In These times
(January 28, 2008)
Lou Dobb's Tonight Special Edition "Independents Day: Awakening the American Spirit." Read transcript
(January 22, 2008)
Move to mortgage banking paying off for Flaherty
Patrick Flanigan, Democrat & Chronicle
(January 6, 2008)
December...
Credit Trends: Few
Cards, Less Debt
US News and World Report
(December 24, 2007)
Kimberly Palmer
Pushing Credit
(December 24, 2007)
Kim Palmer - USNews&World Report
How to Teach Your Kids About Credit Cards
(December 24, 2007)
Emily Brandon
Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans
(December 23, 2007)
Rachel Konrad & Bob Porterfield
Press Release
(December 18, 2007
Marcia Morphy, RIT
November...
After Wells Fargo, Home Equity has Further to Fall
(November 28, 2007)
Reuters, Jonathan Stempel
NPR "To the Point"
Live radio interview with Dr. Manning
What's All this Talk About a Recession?
(November 28, 2007 )
Shoppers Take the Spree Out of Holiday Spending
(November 25, 2007)
Los Angeles Times
Generational Shift About Debt
(November 13, 2007)
The Monterey County Herald
October...
Battle Over Colleges and Credit Cards Reaches Showdown in Iowa
(October 29, 2007)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pushing Colleges to Limit Credit Offers to Students
(October 17, 200
The New York Times
Debt: From Disgrace to Entitlement
(October 8, 2007)
The Dallas Morning Herald
The Numbers Game
(October, 2007)
REAL Magazine, a special issue of the Rochester Business Journal
Paper or plastic? Kid's game now takes plastic
(October 9, 2007)
The Baltimore Sun
Bank of America to take $1B hit
(October 9, 2007)
The Orlando Sentinel
September...
High-Priced Student Loans Spell Trouble
(September 30, 2007)
DesMoines Register
(September 24, 2007)
University Data Deals Shroud Money
Bankrate.com
(September 15, 2007)
The Case Against Subprime Credit Cards
BusinessWeek.com
(September 11, 2007)
The Dirty Secret of Campus Credit Cards, cont.
USA Today
(September 6, 2007)
BusinessWeek.com
(September 6, 2007)
The Dirty Secret of Campus Credit Cards
August...
The Motley Fool at Fool.com
(Tuesday, August 28, 2007)
Chattanooga Times Free Press
(Monday, August 27, 2007)
Federal curbs urged for student credit card debt
AdAge.com
(Monday, August 13, 2007)
Consumers Cling to Credit Amid Subprime Chaos
Dr. Manning interviewed by Jane Wells of 'On the Money', CNBC
(Monday, August 13, 2007)
Washington Post Article on Credit Crunch
(Friday, August 10, 2007)
Ride Out the Storm with Good Credit
July...
MSN Money
(Tuesday, July 31, 2007)
Do You Believe in Life After Debt?
NY Times Article
(Sunday, July 29, 2007)
MarketplaceMoney
(Friday, July 6, 2007) Go After Cards Before They Go After You
Dr. Manning Quoted in NY Times Article
(Sunday, July 1, 2007) The real estate section, The $3.6 Million Mortgage, by Christine Haughney
Former Events
William D. Gasser Lecture - Sen. Senator Paul Sarbanes
On Friday, May 4, 2007, the William D. Gasser Distinguished Lecture Series in Business and The Presidential Colloquium featured Former Senator Paul Sarbanes, co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Sarbanes led the charge to reform the business world and restore public confidence in Wall Street by holding companies such as Enron, Worldcom and Tyco liable for unethical actions.
View his lecture, "Sarbanes-Oxley and the Future of American Business".
February 8, 2007
Dr. Manning at Case Western University Law School
Read the article in the school newspaper, The Gavel.
A Conversation with Dr. Manning on Consumer Debt
A podcast interview with Dr. Robert Manning about consumer debt amoung American college students, including an excerpt from In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts is available for download here (Quicktime).
Dr. Manning on C-SPAN
Dr. Manning testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Credit Card Industry Practices, January 25, 2007. It was on C-Span's "Most Watched" online list.
Watch the Dr. Manning's C-Span Interview (Real Player).
Inaugural Address for the Center for Study of Consumer Financial Services 
Ralph Nader delivered the inaugural address for the Center for the Study of Consumer Financial Services (CSCFS) [Real Media Stream] at Rochester Institute of Technology on March 21, 2006. Dr. Manning is the founding director of CSCFS and the new Consumer Financial Services undergraduate program at RIT.
Dr. Manning on the Al Franken Show
Dr. Manning's discussed predatory lending and banking deregulation on the Al Franken Show (AIR AMERICA Radio Network). This originally aired on Thursday, April 27th.
Justice Talking - "Going Into Debt"
Dr. Manning's interview for NPR's Justice Talking, "Going Into Debt". Original air date: OCtober 30, 2006. Listen to the full program (Windows Media), or go directly to the Justice Talking site to read trancsripts and other show details.