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Fraught and Dubious: Student Debt Cancellation

Fraught and Dubious: Student Debt Cancellation

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Fraught and Dubious: Student Debt Cancellation

FromPoliticology

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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education & Politics at Third Way) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss President Biden’s executive order canceling student loans 

(02:07) Biden’s student loan cancellation plan 

(12:29) How canceling student loans could impact inflation

(17:20) What this could mean for future tuition hikes

(26:10) How it could impact non-college educated voters 

(30:23) The legal problems with canceling student loans

(39:55) The Major Questions Doctrine

(43:58) The use of emergency powers in non-emergent situations

(48:53) The underlying problems in higher education and what lawmakers can do to solve these problems

You should read Lanae’s Medium Piece: https://bit.ly/3cp6jg0

Follow Lanae and Ron on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/LanaeErickson

https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
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Released:
Aug 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Politics in America is transforming. We’re embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropologists, journalists, poets, and storytellers—and more—to discuss America’s political present and future and dive into the deeper problems we face as a nation. Email us questions or comments: podcast@politicology.com.