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thank you! Every serious economist that has ever discussed college tuition in the US acknowledges that the issue of guaranteed loans and the ability to declare bankruptcy is a major factor (whether or not they think the status quo is acceptable).

However, in this 3 page article it isn't even mentioned once. Instead, he jumps immediately into the trendy topic of inequality. He might as well have just tweeted #1% #wealthgap #taxtherich



It's Slate - you can pretty much expect "#1% #wealthgap #taxtherich" by default.


"and the ability to declare bankruptcy is a major factor"

However you can't typically discharge student loans with bankruptcy, in the US at least:

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/student-loan-debt-ban...




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