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How Student Loans Trapped a Generation in Debt Slavery

How Student Loans Trapped a Generation in Debt Slavery
Students participate in a demonstration where they pull a mock “ball & chain,” which represents the then-$1.4 trillion student debt, at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9, 2016. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images
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The government-sponsored student loan industry is a system structured to fail its borrowers and enrich university administrations at taxpayer expense. It should be profoundly reformed.

Michael Wilkerson
Michael Wilkerson
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Michael Wilkerson is a strategic adviser, investor, and author. He’s the founder of Stormwall Advisors and Stormwall.com. His latest book is “Why America Matters: The Case for a New Exceptionalism” (2022).
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