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In the federal student loan market, the government is the lender, and therefore is in a position to reduce the overall burden on the borrower.
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Mark Huelsman
Michael Lind has one of the bigger brains around, and you can always count on him to advance provocative and sweeping arguments. He doesn't disappoint with his new piece in The Breakthrough Journal, " The Coming Realignment." It's one of those big think articles where the thesis seems entirely
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David Callahan
Thomas Piketty’s wildly popular new book, “ Capital in the 21st Century ,” has been subject to more think pieces than the final episode of “Breaking Bad.” Progressives are celebrating the book — a
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Sean McElwee
If you hang around the inequality debate long enough, wading through the many smart proposals to reduce the income gap, it all starts to seem kind of doable. We could make a real dent in inequality through a bunch of steps ranging from raising the minimum wage to more heavily taxing capitals gains
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David Callahan

New Jersey’s investment in higher education has decreased considerably over the past two decades, and its financial aid programs, though still some of the country’s most expansive, fail to reach many students with financial need.

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Mark Huelsman
In a recent op-ed at Forbes, Luke Wachob touts the decision in McCutcheon v. FEC as a victory for free speech.
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Seth Endo
During an appearance on the resurrected Arsenio Hall Show last month, Kid Cudi responded in typical fashion to one of those frequently regurgitated questions about saving the “perilous state of hip-hop:” I think the braggadocio, money, cash, hoes thing needs to be deaded.
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Jamal Mtshali

Virginia’s investment in higher education has decreased considerably over the past two decades, and its financial aid programs, though still some of the country’s most expansive, fail to reach many students with financial need.

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Mark Huelsman
What differentiates households that accumulate and carry balances on their credit cards from those that don’t have debt? Building on a national survey of 1,997 households, this study examines two groups of working age low- and middle-income households that are statistically indistinguishable in
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Amy Traub
New York, NY – The national public policy organization Demos has released a new report that examines the underlying reasons why some Americans have credit card debt and finds further evidence that, contrary to popular belief, indebted households are not the product of less responsible spending
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