Current：Home > NewsWhat's Your Worth? -CapitalCourse
What's Your Worth?
Charles Langston View
Date：2025-04-08 22:29:29
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！ (321)
Related
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- 2025 NFL mock draft: QB Shedeur Sanders lands in late first, Travis Hunter in top three
- Maya Moore-Irons credits great teams during Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction
- White House Correspondents' Dinner overshadowed by protests against Israel-Hamas war
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it
- MLB plans to make changes to polarizing uniforms no later than start of 2025 season
- Clayton MacRae: Global View of AI Technologies and the United States
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Amelia Gray Hamlin Frees the Nipple in Her Most Modest Look to Date
Ranking
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Clayton MacRae: Raise of the Cryptocurrencies
- The Best Mother-in-Law Gifts That Will Keep You on Her Good Side & Make Her Love You Even More
- The real migrant bus king of North America isn't the Texas governor. It's Mexico's president.
- Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
- RHOSLC's Monica Garcia Suffers a Miscarriage After Revealing Surprise Pregnancy
- NFL draft takeaways: Cowboys passing on RB opens door to Ezekiel Elliott reunion
- Hailey Bieber Has Surprising Reaction to Tearful Photo of Husband Justin Bieber
Recommendation
Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
Houston Texans WR Tank Dell suffers minor injury in Florida shooting
2025 NFL mock draft: QB Shedeur Sanders lands in late first, Travis Hunter in top three
New charges announced against 4 youths arrested in gunfire at event to mark end of Ramadan
'As foretold in the prophecy': Elon Musk and internet react as Tesla stock hits $420 all
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders swarmed at pop-up retail event, rakes in big sales
Campus protests multiply as demonstrators breach barriers at UCLA | The Excerpt
NHL awards 2024: Finalists announced for Vezina Trophy as top goaltender