How Student Debt Is Putting The Recovery At Risk, Huge Haul In Shoplifting Bust And More

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Runaway Problem Putting The Recovery At Risk

WASHINGTON -- The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job.

But many borrowers these days are close to flunking out, tripped up by painful real-life lessons in math and economics.

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