Category Archives: Student loans

MIchael Hudson: The Slow Crash

Michael Hudson discusses some of his favorite themes; debt deflation, the high cost of consumer debt, negative interest rates.

Wolf Richter: These Debt Slaves are the Government’s Largest Asset Class, and It Will Haunt the Economy for Years

Student debt isn’t just a millstone around young people’s necks; it’s weighing down the economy.

Tuition-Free or Debt-Free College: Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders Put Band-Aids on the Cancer

A comparison of the Clinton and Sanders campaign platforms on student loans [sic].

A Modest Proposal: Securitizing Loans for Large Health Care Expenses

Health care loans are the equivalent of mortgages for large health care expenses. What could go wrong?

For Profit College, Student Loan Default, and the Economic Impact of Student Loans

A deep dive into some new information about the student loan defaults and the impact of borrowing on borrowers. Short version: not pretty.

Elizabeth Warren on How Clinton Backed Student Loan and Mortgage Debt Slavery with Bankruptcy “Reform”

A sorry chapter of Hillary Clinton’s legislative record was her vote in support of the 2005 bankruptcy “reform” bill.

“@ Hillary Clinton: How does your student loan debt make you feel? Tell us in 3 emojis or less.”

The above tweet is real and is from Hillary Clinton’s official twitter account. It is very difficult to express how appalling this sentiment is. It represents much of what’s wrong with American politics in our current moment.

Elizabeth Warren Reams Private Accreditor Who Certified Corinthian College Up to Its End

Elizabeth Warren confronts a more-pathological-than-usual industry shill in the form of a college accreditor. He denies that there was ever a problem with Corinthian or his organization’s processes.

College Is Wildly Exploitative: Why Aren’t Students Raising Hell?

Colleges wear the cloak of liberalism, but in policy and practice, they often embody a corrupt and cutthroat system of power and exploitation

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Affordable College Education

Elizabeth Warren calls for a full bore attack on out of control college education costs.