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Corporations

An Ethics of Refusal

Beyond “The Great Resignation”

November 14, 2022 • by Benjamin P. Davis

In the United States, we live in a country where someone who works for a law firm that services Big Oil is by and large considered intelligent and successful, maybe even ethical due to their pro bono representation, no matter that such a firm, for instance, did not represent foreclosure ...

Three Ways the United States Should Rethink the Economics of Higher Education

Now working in education in Australia, there’s something former New School Provost Tim Marshall doesn’t miss about the U.S. system

November 7, 2022 • by Tim Marshall

While tuition fees in Australia remain modest in comparison to the US, the design of the repayment scheme is also worth consideration. This scheme is available to students attending both government, and the growing number of accredited private, institutions. Unlike the US, where private lenders and servicers play an important ...

The Best Student Debt Forgiveness? Discharge Loans Already Paid

But to do that, the Department of Education would have to release its data

September 21, 2022 • by Susan F. Feiner

Today, in some states you can even lose your driver’s license due to unpaid student debt. Senior citizens on Social Security can have their monthly checks garnished by student loan debt collectors without a court order, an authority that is unique. Other borrowers have had wages, alimony, or IRS tax ...