Top Reads from the Fiscal Times

Iraqi Forces Have ISIS on the Run in Tikrit As the US Congress debates a war authorization against ISIS, Iraqi government forces and their Shiite militias and Sunni tribal allies have forced their way into the provincial capital Tikrit after a brilliant and massive maneuver that took ISIS by… The Federal Debt Is About to Become a Big Issue Again You don’t need to be very old to remember a time when politicians in Washington would practically elbow each other out of the way to get in front of cameras and rail against… Hillary’s E-mail Can Delete Her Presidential Chances Initially, it appeared that the theme song for the 2016 presidential election could have come from the 1981 television series Dynasty. For Republicans, Jeb Bush became the… Soaring Dollar Could Unleash a Currency Crisis The U.S. dollar is in the midst of an epic surge. The trusty greenback — which was famously derided by the likes of rapper Jay-Z and supermodel Gisele Bündchen just a few… 70% of Americans Don’t Know the Woman Pulling Their Purse Strings She may be the most powerful woman in the country — arguably, in the world — but most Americans don’t know who Fed Chair Janet Yellen is. In an NBC News/Wall Street Journal…