The Atlantic: This Is What the Student Debt Crisis Looks Like.
And we only demonize medical insurance. This is a terrible shame - education is our future.
Comments:
Preaching to the choir here, Cam! I wish they’d gone a little earlier in time on the chart, so we could see the 80’s effects more clearly.
Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 08/26/10 at 02:26 PM
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The reason health care insurance costs so much is because the cost of health care has spiraled out of control with almost no regulation at all.
The reason house values went up so much is because the market was allowed to spiral out of control with almost no regulation at all.
The reason student debt is so high is because the cost of higher education has been allowed to spiral out of control with almost no regulation at all.
See a pattern here?