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Student Debt
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Who’s Murdering Small Business in America?
The decline in college graduates becoming entrepreneurs and small business owners is partially to blame for the meteoric demise of small businesses in America today.
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President Obama’s Student Loan Interest Rate Plan: Short Term Gains With No Long Term Solutions
Student debt will soon reach $1 trillion and is becoming the second largest form of consumer debt.
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As Tuition Rises, Opportunities Shrink
College tuition has been increasing far more quickly than household median income in recent years.
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Solution to Student Debt is to Get the Banks Out of the Education Business
Michael Hudson: Crippling student debt, which is also a drag on the whole ecnonomy, developed as governments pushed the burden of higher education costs onto students and pushed them …
Access to Health Care, Basic Necessities a Matter of Life or Debt
Medical debt and bankruptcy are uniquely American experiences among wealthy nations.
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Mass Killings: Why American Men Are “Going Postal“
What could make US white males so angry?
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Save Social Security: Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary
A push is on to get the Nobel Prize winner in economics the position in the new Obama administration.
Is Education a Human Right or a Privilege for the Wealthy?
How the commodification of education is creating debt slaves, and what we can do about it.
Escalating Delinquency Rates Make Student Loans Look Like the New Subprime
Student loans inch towards bubble territory as a new study reveals that 94% of students with an average debt of $23,000.
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Despite Election Victories, Escalating Poverty and Inequality Remain Largely Ignored
A media blackout on poverty still threatens the majority's well-being after the election, says Ted Morgan.