Over the past two decades, higher education employment has undergone a radical
transformation with faculty becoming contingent, staff being outsourced, and postdocs and …

This paper follows the methodology developed by JM Keynes in his How to Pay for the War
pamphlet to estimate the “costs” of the Green New Deal (GND) in terms of resource …

The main revolution of the 20th century was turning the right to social protection into a
common good–the right of everyone–overcoming the stigma of assistance for the poor. The …

Student debt in the United States has had a disproportionate negative impact on black and
Latinx borrowers. We argue that analyses of plans proposing student debt cancellation …

As policymakers grapple with whether or not to forgive student debt, for who, and how much,
it is important to explore how student debt forgiveness would relate to intended household …

This qualitative study explores the perceptions of value added to the lives of graduates who
borrowed money to fund their college educations. Through the lens of cognitive dissonance …

The progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American
freedom “Mike Konczal [is] one of our most powerful advocates of financial reform ‚[a] heroic …

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The Case for Bold, Equitable Student Loan Cancellation and Reform Page 2 demos.org 80 …

How the growth in student debt is impacting the well-being of the larger community is
explored using US county level data. Using tax return data from the Internal Revenue …

This chapter outlines an ambitious agenda for future research to continue deepening our
understanding of student loan borrowing and repayment decisions, as well as the …