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The "Frankenstein" History of Student Loans
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The "Frankenstein" History of Student Loans

Podcast audio of my conversation with Josh Mitchell

I spoke with Josh Mitchell, author of The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe, to learn the history behind Joe Biden’s decision to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt—and why, even in the unlikely chance that SCOTUS upholds Biden’s action, student debt will continue to rise.

Josh writes about banking and finance …

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Skipped History
Skipped History
Interviews with top historians about their latest work. Mainly educational, often funny. Conveniently, most of the jokes are about people too far underground to punch back.
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