Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar

Ep 37: Caitlin Zaloom on the Explosion of Student Debt

Apr 28, 2022

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Do You Think We Should Ask People to Pay for Education?

02:12

Public Colleges and Universities Are Underfunded

02:55

The Utilitarian View of Education

02:15

Introduction

2min

What Is an Economic Anthropologist?

2min

Student Debt - What Prompted You to Write This Book?

4min

What Does It Mean to Be Middle Class in the United States?

3min

The Genesis of the Current Problem of Heavy Student Debt

3min

College Education - Is That Part of the Problem?

3min

I Don't Want to Go to College

4min

The Utilitarian View of Education

2min

I'm Assuming So That's What You Were Referring To.

2min

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Do You Think We Should Ask People to Pay for Education?

2min

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Public Colleges and Universities Are Underfunded

3min

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Is Complexity a Big Problem?

3min

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What Happens to the Old Mexicanswi Cowing Im.

2min

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New Mexico's Payment Sistom

2min

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College, Is It Free?

2min

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How Long Is the Average Payback Period for a College Education Loan?

2min

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Repayment Is Easy and Fair in Australia

3min

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Is the Cost of Education a Luxury Good?

3min

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Is Debt Detrimental to Young People?

3min

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Is It Really Our Job to Prevent Them From Taking a Loan?

4min

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Are You Having a Hard Time Talking About Money?

3min

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What Advice Would You Give Young People as They Prepare for College?

2min

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Studying Mongolian Poetry, You Might as Well Learn the Language of Our Future Overlords Machines

2min

Education empowers people, but education debt can cripple them and they families financially. Caitlin Zaloom joins Vasant Dhar in episode 37 of Brave New World to describe the depth of the problem, and what can be done about it. Useful resources: 1. Caitlin Zaloom at NYU, Google Scholar and Twitter. 2. Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost -- Caitlin Zaloom. 3. Law and Education in Our Modern World -- Episode 5 of Brave New World (w John Sexton). 4. The Future of Liberal Education -- Episode 11 of Brave New World (w Michael S Roth). 5. Uplift the Unremarkables -- Episode 2 of Brave New World (w Scott Galloway). 7. The Value of Soft Skills in the Labor Market -- David J Deming. 8. Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? -- David H Autor. 9. The Price You Pay for College -- Ron Lieber.