Barriers to Entry: On Bar Exams and Supreme Court Seats
California to lower passing score for its state bar to increase; Judge Posner suggests Supreme Court seats should be open to non-lawyers.
Read more...Category Archives: Student loans
18 States Sue Betsy DeVos to Reinstate Rules Protecting Students from Predatory Private Colleges
More pushback against Betty DeVos’ support for educational profiteering.
Read more...CFPB Lambastes Student Loan Servicers for Thwarting Public Servant Debt Relief
CFPB report details errors and practices of student loan servicers that will bar borrowers from qualifying for debt forgiveness.
Read more...U.S. Women Disproportionately Burdened by Student Debt
The wage gap hits women hard in paying off student debt.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Are Students a Class?
Students as the new NINJA creditors, and the broader implications of the use of debt as an instrument of social control.
Read more...Reading the Fine Print in Cuomo’s “Tuition-Free College” Plan
Cuomo’s plan Is means-tested, doesn’t cover fees, covers full-time students only, and has a residency requirement, clawbacks, and “crapshoot” clause
Read more...Student Debt Bubble Sucks Even More Out of Economy and Ruins Lives, Yet Officials Keep Inflating It
The student debt problem is only getting worse and no one in power has any interest in addressing it.
Read more...Bank of International Settlements Paper Confirms That High Levels of Household Debt Hurt Growth
We’ve written from time to time that not all debt is created equal. Prudent business borrowing enables companies to make investments and expand operations. And even though governments like the US that issue their own currency may nevertheless sell bonds, operationally they can simply create more dough to fund spending. The constraint on spending is […]
Read more...More on the Economic Hardship of Young Adults
Young adults have had a very rough go and don’t have good reason to expect their economic condition to improve much.
Read more...Student Loan Crisis Increasingly Snares Seniors’ Social Security Benefits
Rising student loan defaults by older borrowers leads some to see Social Security benefits garnished, pushing some below the poverty line.
Read more...CFPB’s Project Catalyst Relies on Financial Innovation Fairy to Rescue the Underbanked
The CFPB’s Project Catalyst relies on the financial innovation fairy to produce consumer-friendly financial products rather than regulation.
Read more...The Quiet Desperation of Millennials
A new survey on the outlook of Millennials finds they are not happy campers, and for good reason.
Read more...Gaius Publius: A Clinton Speech to Millennials That Will Work
What Clinton needs to do to win Millennials.
Read more...Demand-Driven University Delivers Pay Dirt for Vice-Chancellors
Neoliberal U in Australia.
Read more...Two Modest Proposals to Improve the Wages and Working Conditions of Contingent Academic Labor
I hope these proposals are accepted in the spirit with which they are given.
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