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Should We Cancel Student Debt?
Season 1 · Episode 19

Should We Cancel Student Debt?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

January 28, 202237m 20sExplicit

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Show Notes

Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loans, and some Democrats think the time has come to cancel this burden. Derek shares 10 big student-loan facts that shape the debate. Then Jordan Weissmann of Slate joins the podcast to talk about the proposal to cancel student debt, the best arguments for and against it, the modern history of student loans, and their economic and psychological burden.

Host: Derek Thompson

Guest: Jordan Weissmann

Producer: Devon Manze

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