What Next: Billionaire Gifts Can’t Fix College Debt
Podcast |
Slate Daily Feed
Publisher |
Slate Podcasts
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
May 21, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:20:24
Over the weekend, billionaire Robert F. Smith ended his commencement address to the Morehouse Class of 2019 with an extraordinary pledge: He would pay off the entire class’s student debt. Smith’s pledge will undoubtedly transform the lives of those students, but what about everyone else? What does student debt relief look like on a national scale? And what can we learn from studying the Morehouse Class of 2019?  Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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