Here's a scary headline from yesterday: "Student loans soar 275% over past decade."
It's true. Total student loans outstanding were $241 billion in 2002. Today, it's $904 billion, and it shows no sign of slowing down. "Student loans could be the next housing bubble," former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said in March.
He may very well be right, but there's another side to this story.
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