Beth Akers: Why College Is So Expensive

We hear a lot about student debt in the news these days, but why has college gotten so expensive to begin with? My colleague Beth Akers joins Political Economy to discuss that question and to weigh in on the Biden administration's moratorium on student loan repayment.Beth is a senior fellow here at the American Enterprise Institute, where her work focuses on the economics of higher education.

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