Loaning Forgiveness

A handout to the rich, or a matter of justice?

I recently had a piece in Front Porch Republic on the student loan forgiveness debate. Spoiler: I pretty much come down in favor of it. I view the whole idea of student loans as, at best, suboptimal. It’s true that loan forgiveness wouldn’t fix the ballooning cost problem, but I guess I feel like the ballooning cost problem basically lets those in debt …