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Walters: Capping High Interest Rates on Loans Doesn't Fix Poverty

Last month, the Federal Reserve System issued a report on “the economic well-being of U.S. households” and it contained a rather disturbing bit of data. “If faced with an unexpected expense of $400,” a survey of American households found, “61% of adults say they would cover it with cash, savings,...

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