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Podcast: Faith and Economics
Episode: College Loan Forgiveness -Not Fair! | #186
Description: There has been increased pressure for democratic policymakers to begin forgiving student loans. Join the Gwartney team as we discuss different incentives and problems that arise due to student loan forgiveness ideas.Â
Pausing of interest / 2:00
Government is making the loan / 5:45
Just the way things work? / 11:45Â
Weird incentives / 15:40
Regressive policies / 18:25
Relative prices / 22:15
Subsidies distort / 27:20
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