Defense mechanisms are unconscious strategies through which people protect themselves from anxious thoughts or feelings. Defense mechanisms aren’t inherently bad; they can allow people to navigate ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 ...

Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Legally, peonage was outlawed by Congress in 1867. However, after ...