Why is the cost of college education so ridiculously high? Is the current cost of pursuing higher education justified or are we witnessing another bubble?
Last week I had the chance to visit a large and prestigious public university. While walking through the massive football field, one of the tour guides mentioned that they were planning on building another one close by. “What is wrong with this one?†I asked and the tour guide responded that they were looking to […]
Going for broke: The multiple lost decades of US household income. Is it possible to have a recovery while the standard of living collapses?
The recent Census data highlights a stark difference between the stock market and what families are facing across the United States. Households are struggling to keep ahead while the standard of living slowly erodes with the juggernaut that is the banking tide. There will be repercussions for what the Fed has done in terms of […]
The accelerating race to a student debt implosion: Federal student loans rose by $266 billion since 2011. 85 percent of consumer debt growth since 2011 because of student debt.
The Federal Reserve released an interesting report on consumer credit this week. While the mainstream spin is that it is good that consumer loans are growing, the vast majority of the growth is coming from the student debt portion. The student debt problems are starting to become dramatic given rising default rates combined with sub-par […]
How much do Americans earn? How the other half lives and examining income growth and median income for US households in 2013.
How much do Americans earn? Such an important and pivotal question is rarely examined in the mainstream press. It almost appears to be a forbidden topic of discussion. You would think that this question would warrant deeper examination given that income is the driving force of our consumer hungry economy. Yet many people are driven […]