This is how I want you to understand the college affordability crisis.As taxpayers, we understand, and largely accept, that a good deal of the taxes we pay will go to causes that will not benefit us directly…Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023
Firefighters & ProfessorsThis is how I want you to understand the college affordability crisis.Jul 6, 2023Jul 6, 2023
Cui Bono?Several bills were recently introduced in Congress (passed through committee with bipartisan support) to lower the barriers to entry for…May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Don’t Tell Me Where You Went to School. I Don’t Care.One of the more positive fallouts from the growing attention to the student debt crisis is the focus on the underlying issue, the high cost…Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023
Is earned wage access the kinder, gentler face of payday lending?In principle, there should be absolutely nothing wrong with requesting an “advance” on your weekly or bi-weekly paycheck. When the…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Voting Rights = Financial Wellness. Full Stop.If you care about student debt and the cost of college, housing affordability, child and elder care that does not require you to sacrifice…Sep 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021
It’s Time to Unstack the DecksIn his recent book, Ben Rhodes wrote, “This is the apathy that those with unchecked power seek to engender in others: the idea that it’s…Jun 22, 2021Jun 22, 2021
The Lost Opportunity of SECURE 2.0Because it was enacted so close to the arrival of the pandemic and the subsequent CARES Act, the SECURE Act of December 2019 barely…May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Public Policy & The Pursuit of HappinessThe annual World Happiness Report was released in March and we Americans are…not completely despondent. The US ranks 14th on the list and…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
