Education finance and student loan forgiveness have been getting a lot of attention the last couple of days because of our former co-blogger's loan forgiveness proposal. I'm not going to address the merits of that proposal here. Instead, I want to make a simple point that many of the critics of Senator Warren's proposal don't seem to understand: student loan borrowing is materially different from other types of borrowing, such that the borrower has no idea what s/he is getting into. When I borrow to buy a car or a home, it is a one-and-done deal with a single loan product. With the car or home, I also know what I’m getting and I know what it costs. These aren’t perfect markets, but the work on a broad level. Education finance does not. That’s why criticisms of student debt relief plans that claim that borrowers know what they’re getting into or the sacredness of the contract just irk me.…
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