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It's an insane system that has enabled universities to drastically increase tuition and fees, outpacing inflation for more than half a century.
by musicale 5y ago
It's an insane system that has enabled universities to drastically increase tuition and fees, outpacing inflation for more than half a century.
- bombcar 5y agoUS: We should use the power of our massive government to subsidize and guarantee 30 year fixed home mortgages. House prices: shoot up US: Surprised pichachu face US: We should use the power of our massive government to subsidize and guarantee loans for college education so people can afford houses! College prices: shoot up US: Surprised pichachu face
- Invictus0 5y agoLet's do healthcare now
- janejeon 5y agoAll of this seems like a problem of leverage: the government's fiscal policy encouraged people to be levered up, then the fed's monetary policy allowed people to be levered up. The "value" for any given thing (housing, college) remains similar, but more leverage for everybody means that same thing gets proportionally more expensive. I don't see any way out of this except for popping the debt bubble.