Paddy Hirsch

For personal purposes, there is a difference between 'good debt' and 'bad debt' -- but can the government make the same distinction?

Although we often think of our debt as owed to foreign countries, in reality, America owes a lot of money to ourselves. Even regular Americans indirectly own a large chunk of our national debt.

The government is considering raising the debt ceiling -- again. But what exactly is the debt ceiling: Watch an explainer to understand what's at stake and what it means for you and me.

You've heard of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Do people really still stand around and yell out buy and sell orders at these places? Paddy Hirsch explains what an exchange is -- by taking us to the supermarket.

Social security numbers are open to hacking if not properly protected.

Twitter tweeted that it had "confidentially submitted" papers for a planned initial public offering. The news reached more more than 23.6 million people, so what's confidential about that?

We're borrowing more, but neither as much as economists had hoped, nor for the kind of thing that will help the economy.

They say be careful what you post on social media What you do on Facebook could affect your credit score.