Jan 5 2014

Is college worth the debt? The cost of one year of college is higher than the per capita wage of a fully working American.

Going to college has become a rite of passage in America.  We’ve left shamanic rituals deep in our human past and have come to accept college as a clear transition point into adulthood.  In a consumption based economy, success is typically measured by your ability to consume.  Spending prowess is not measured by sea shells […]

Nov 26 2013

The frightening lack of accounting transparency in the student loan market: New York Fed has student loan debt at $1.027 trillion while Fed Board of Governors in Washington has it at $1.214 trillion.

You see what you want to see.  This is the current state of the financial markets.  When a handful of observers were warning the Fed and multiple government agencies about the subprime crisis floating in the market, hardly anyone wanted to listen.  This is the same kind of accounting trickery that is now pervasive in […]

Sep 25 2013

Debt serfdom via student loans: A new class of indentured servants now carry the $1.1 trillion student loan bubble and cracks are already plaguing the system.

$1.1 trillion.  That is the amount of student debt being carried on the backs of millions of Americans.  Student debt has become a rite of passage for many young Americans.  In fact, many Americans establish their first credit line with student debt as they enter college.  The crisis is large and has a direct connection […]

Sep 6 2013

The day of reckoning for student debt has arrived and the bubble begins to deflate: JP Morgan exits the student debt market. Similar trends occurred with the subprime market in 2007.

The student debt bubble begins its inevitable decline from unparalleled heights.  This week too big to fail bank JP Morgan issued a memorandum that it is exiting the student loan business.  What is interesting in this move is that it is eerily similar to banking moves made back in 2007 as some banks started to […]

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