Joe Harmon

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Student Loans and Government Subsidies: Another Government “Benefit” Creates Financial Chaos

05/09/2022 Mises Wire Joe Harmon

The origins of the federal student loan program are well documented and follow a similar trajectory to most government subsidy programs in American history. Each previous government subsidy program...

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Student Loans and Government Subsidies: Another Government “Benefit” Creates Financial Chaos

05/20/2022 Joe Harmon

Since the Obama administration nationalized the student loan program, we have seen student debt metastasize. Unfortunately, the Biden administration looks to make things even worse.

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