Fraught and Dubious: Student Debt Cancellation

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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

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