6. Is Student Loan Forgiveness the Right Solution?

The Soup of Wall Street

May 9 2024 • 34 mins

Everyone is familiar with the American college experience: parties, dorm rooms, late-night study sessions, and a suffocating amount of student loan debt. Colleges may promise a brighter future, but the amount of former students crying over their loans beg to differ. This week, Soup Martinez and Brodrick Lothringer discuss whether student loan forgiveness is the right solution (spoiler: it’s not) and debate the value that students are receiving from their education.

Is the student loan crisis caused by the astronomical price of tuition? The lack of financial literacy? The fact that we allow teenagers to take out $100,000 in loans? Well, it’s not our job to find out. With insights on using personal agency to advance your career and tips to prepare you to enter the workforce, Episode 6 might have you questioning your art degree.