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💥Student Loans in America = a Hot Mess💥

Will bankruptcy courts solve a national crisis?

Jan 19, 2022
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America’s student loan crisis shows no signs of abating.

A plot of loan debt growth over the past twenty-odd years shows a healthy upward trajectory, with the current number at a whopping $1.7t dollars, 90% of which is held by the U.S. government. For context, Americans owe more in student loans than they do in either credit card or auto loan debt.

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