Beth Acres, a senior associate at the Manhattan Institute focusing on the economics of higher education, speaks about student loan forgiveness, as it relates to the policies proposed by Democratic president candidates and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
“If you are looking at whose struggling with their student debt, surprisingly it’s not the people who have high balances. The highest rates of default are seen among people who have less than $5,000 of debt,” explains Acres.
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