Can you ace this high school quiz on capitalism?

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Trump's big swing at credit card interest rates targets a growing American problem

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President Donald Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10% comes as Americans' debt loads are at record highs.

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Klarna CEO backs Trump's 10% credit card cap, criticizing rewards as built on poorer borrowers' debt

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of online lender Klarna.
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said President Donald Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates for a year makes sense.

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Trump says any country doing business with Iran will be hit with a 25% tariff

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Trump said he'll impose a tariff of 25% on countries that do business with Iran.

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Jerome Powell is getting the meme treatment after his video rebuke to Trump

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Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department.

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Why the attack on Fed Chair Jerome Powell follows Donald Trump's typical playbook — and isn't going to stop there

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Trump takes questions from the press on board Air Force One.

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3 reasons it was a smart leadership move for Powell to release a video

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Jerome Powell looking straight ahead
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks.

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This 24-year-old founded a sneaker wholesale company that made $40 million in sales revenue last year — here's how he did it

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Oscar Rachmansky

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The 10 most peaceful countries in the world, ranked

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International conflict is pushing some Americans to consider relocating abroad.

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SoFi CEO says Trump's proposed credit card cap would drive people to personal loans, and that's good for SoFi

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SoFi CEO Anthony Noto
SoFi CEO Anthony Noto.

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