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StealBasis
stealthebasis
I think also on the matter of #inflation, we have a real, real issue in this country. Inflation would not be a big issue but the level of debt makes
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Kat Tretina
KatTretina
For the record, "financial literacy" is a great goal. However, you should never assume someone is in debt because they're "financially illiterate." Life happens and emergencies occur even to the
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Remington A. Gregg
ragregg
BREAKING: Congressional Dems just introduced a resolution calling on Pres. Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in student debt. Thread on why this must happen. /1/ Biden pledged to tackle
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Paul Krugman
paulkrugman
Gonna do a brief (?) wonkish thread on debt sustainability, and why we shouldn't worry about it. Start with the reason many people think it's terrible: they imagine that debt
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Kiah Lau Haslett
khaslett
I've been out of college for 10 years, and still have $10,600 in federal loans, so $10K debt forgiveness would be weirdly perfect and put an extra $500 a month
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Eric Basmajian
EPBResearch
Diminishing Marginal Returns The productivity of our debt is collapsing and that is creating a major problem.The problem is here now, and not in the future. Here is why:1) Charted
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Rish
Rish_Bharwani
I saw some senate Rs on the Budget Cmte were asking @neeratanden about rising national debt earlier today. It feels like they only ever care about debt when Democrats are
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not peggy noonan
peggyinidaho
I want to talk student loan forgiveness. I am for it, generally. Maybe pick some modest amount — $10k — for borrowers across the board, save additional relief for those
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Jarri Najam
JarriNajam
SBP recently released the numbers for External Debt. Here is what they show:The increase of $2.91 bn in Public External Debt in CY2020 is the lowest increase since CY2014 ($2.724
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Matthew Chapman
fawfulfan
Because unlike auto debt and mortgage debt, the largest creditor for student debt is the federal government itself. Therefore, student debt is less a market transaction and more a direct
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LambRamHogDog
frazierapproves
Let’s talk about poor people with student loan debt:Based on their relative lack of income, poor people are not actually paying their student loans. Single mother of one making 35K,
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Shamshad Akhtar
1sakhtar
23 former Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors have signed a statement calling on G20 to enact a 'Debt Relief for a Green & Inclusive Recovery Initiative,' requiring bilateral, multilateral,
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Michael Pettis
michaelxpettis
1/5Growth in Chinese debt continues to be very high. According to data released today by the PBoC, aggregate financing in China was up RMB 3.6 trillion in August, more than
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Jared Yates Sexton
JYSexton
You know, forgiving student debt isn’t just about erasing debt. It’s admitting college, a necessary function of open society, has been captured for perverse profit and opening the door to
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Richard Murphy
RichardJMurphy
There is an obsession that the national debt must be repaid. Assuming it is properly calculated (and I have real doubt about that) it’s coming on for £2,100 billion. Knowing
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Evan
evan7257
The conversation around forgiving student debt seems to focus all too much on people creating their own vision of reality rather than looking at the actual stats on student debt.
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