Should Student Debt Be Canceled?

Democrats are divided over student debt forgiveness. President Joe Biden is trying to get $10,000-per-borrower canceled, while more progressive members of the party want $50,000 wiped out. So whom would these proposals help? And what can be done to keep the student debt crisis from happening all over again?

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate's senior business and economics correspondent.

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