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US student debt forgiveness: should the UK follow suit?

Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness


A recently announced policy package will ease the burden of student debt for millions of Americans. Richard Murphy, Stuart Campbell, Gill Wyness and Lindsey Macmillan contend that, due to differences between the national systems of loans for higher education, a similar policy in the UK would be less well targeted at those on lower incomes.


26 September 2022


Economics Observatory


https://www.economicsobservatory.com/us-student-debt-forgiveness-should-the-uk-follow-suit

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