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A Democratic Economist’s Case Against Biden’s Student-Loan Plan

August 26, 2022

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Why Biden’s Debt-Relief Plan ‘Pings Our Sense of Unfairness’

August 25, 2022

Actually, Canceling Student Debt Will Cut Inflation

Joseph E. Stiglitz

August 25, 2022

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Biden’s Cancellation of Billions in Debt Won’t Solve the Larger Problem

August 24, 2022

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How to Really Fix Higher Ed

May 31, 2022

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No, Student Loans Aren’t Like a Mortgage

May 20, 2022

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If Biden Forgives Student Loans, Voters Won’t Forget It

May 4, 2022

Who Really Benefits From Student-Loan Forgiveness?

Jerusalem Demsas

April 28, 2022

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The Bold Economic Move Joe Biden Refuses to Make

January 12, 2022

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Why Mitch McConnell Caved Again

December 8, 2021

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Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is

November 27, 2021

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In Netflix’s Squid Game, Debt Is a Double-Edged Sword

October 1, 2021

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Go Ahead, Forgive Student Debt

November 21, 2020

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Millennials Don’t Stand a Chance

April 13, 2020

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How Private Equity Ruined a Beloved Grocery Chain

Eileen Appelbaum and Andrew W. Park

February 16, 2020

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Dear Therapist: My Mom Ruined My Finances and Won’t Apologize

February 3, 2020

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The College Wealth Premium Has Collapsed

January 8, 2020

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The Toxic Bubble of Technical Debt Threatening America

Alexis C. Madrigal

October 29, 2019

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What Happens When You Don’t Pay a Hospital Bill

August 28, 2019

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The Financial Calamity That Is the Teaching Profession

July 17, 2019

What Sets Bernie Sanders’s Student-Debt Plan Apart

June 24, 2019

Come What May

May 24, 2019

Burger King’s Dystopian Student-Debt Sweepstakes

May 24, 2019

What Happens When a Billionaire Swoops In to Solve the Student-Debt Crisis

May 19, 2019