Student Loan bubble to burst

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by jumbodog, Dec 26, 2014.

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  1. jumbodog

    jumbodog New Member

  2. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Massive student loan debt, via the federally guaranteed student-loan industry ($1.5 trillion dollar student loan government guarantee program), is yet another pattern of overleveraging and mortgaged futures … further bolstered by a prolonged and slow economic recovery, iffy job market (sluggish entry-level wages in labor markets /stagnant wages)—a liquidity crunch and wealth loss—e.g., systematically causing consumers to defer larger purchases such as vehicles, homes, business ownership, along with an overall regression in private enterprise (e.g., all forced postponements).

    “…student loan guarantees undermined market discipline, encouraging risky borrowers to load up on artificially low-rate debt” (Weiser, Jul. 8, 2014). Sharing the Leverage | National Review Online
     
  3. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    Ok, so how long before the bubble pops? And what happens to the U.S. economy if it pops? I give it eight more years before a crescendo arrives.
     
  4. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Your prediction is as good as mine; nonetheless, it’s inevitable...
     
  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    If and when there's less distortion in the market for student loans, ultimately it will be good for the economy as a whole. It will be bad for non-profit and public institutions that rely on high tuition rates, and as some of them fail to adapt and die off it will mean more business for public institutions with state subsidies, and whatever other institutions are profitable at whatever tuition rates the hypothetical new caps would support.
     
  6. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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