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US student debt is bigger than Australia's economy

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Congratulations on your liberal arts degree, it now collectively outweighs the economic output of a major continent. The US student loan crisis sits at nearly two trillion dollars, easily eclipsing the gross domestic product of several massive nations. It's a wildly predatory system that essentially mortgages human futures to Wall Street.

US student debt is bigger than Australia's economy
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