What student-loan borrowers should know about new debt relief proposals – Business Insider

Biden proposed reforms to income-driven repayment plans for student-loan borrowers. It includes cutting undergraduate payments in half, but the reforms exclude parent PLUS borrowers. Here’s what you need to know about these changes. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download…

How not to deal with a debt crisis – Social Europe

Jayati Ghosh warns against historically disastrous approaches to the sovereign-debt crisis hitting low- and middle-income countries. Sri Lanka faces crippling debt repayments of more than $31 billion in this decade, unless these are reduced by write-offs or restructuring (GoodIdeas/shutterstock.com) In the 1920s and early 30s, John Maynard Keynes was embroiled in a controversy with the…