Topic: Richard Vague

The banker, policy advisor, author and all-around renaissance man on how he got to where he is — and why he’s obsessed with personal debt

In The Paradox of Debt, out next week, Philadelphia author and public intellectual Richard Vague makes the connection conventional economists avoid: It’s the debt, stupid!

Philly’s preeminent big picture thinker and apostle for growth is out with a new book that addresses how widespread debt forgiveness can save America—if it's done fairly.

Philly’s modern-day Renaissance man has published the first-ever definitive history of U.S. business. And it’s a timely reminder that there really is something exceptional about the idea of America

Trees—which nourish the earth, beautify the city, lower temperatures and increase good health—are disappearing from Philly. Here, some ideas to fix that

At a Citizen members event at the Fitler Club, the MSNBC host and the philanthropist/businessman talked about the economy, politics and the goodness of Americans

An affectionate open letter to the scourge of Philadelphia’s streets

The failure of Philly’s most powerful banker in the 1800s contains modern-day—and personal—lessons

Pennsylvania leads the world in cancer research. So why is Texas turbo-charging its economy by investing so much more in the fight?