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Student Debt
The June Fight Over Student Loans
Student loan rates for more than 7.4 million students with federal Stafford loans are scheduled to double July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent if nothing is done.
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Defined by Debt: How the Strike Debt Movement Redefined Occupy
A shift in focus within Occupy camps mirrors the Quebec student movement by looking at the effect of student debt.
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Could We Redirect Tax Subsidies to Pay for Free College?
Want a way to pay for free higher education? Take a look at all the tax breaks that ease the burden of student debt.
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Lift The Millstone of Student Debt That’s Slowing The Economy
Do you think that student loan debt is only a problem for college students and perhaps their parents? Think again.
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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?