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Student Loans Are Exploitation in Disguise

Student Loans Are Exploitation in Disguise
Students at a graduation ceremony. Many graduate with unpayable, crippling student debt. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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Student-loan debt in the United States has reached $1.56 trillion, half a billion more than credit-card debt. Only a minority of the 44.7 million loan holders are paying back, so who is picking up the tab?

An old saying goes like this: If you don’t know who the sucker is, you are the sucker. It isn’t the universities, that’s for sure.

Fergus Hodgson
Fergus Hodgson
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Fergus Hodgson is the director of “Econ Americas,” a financial consultancy, and publisher of the “Impunity Observer,” a geopolitical intelligence service. He is the author of “Financial Sovereignty for Canadians: Untether Yourself from the Ottawa Leviathan” (2024).
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