Back in 2016, when Heather and I wrote The Millennial Money Fix, the student loan crisis was an afterthought to both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. With the exception of Bernie Sanders, the issue failed to make it to the top of the priority list of those running. Instead, other important issues like healthcare, immigration[…]
On Monday, there was this crazy article written by CNBC’s Annie Nova suggesting that more that 1 million people default on their student debt each year and, that 40% of borrowers are expected to default on their student loans by 2023! The article was based primarily on two different research papers. The more recent paper, titled[…]
I hear it all the time: “If I only knew about this stuff back then.” When we talk about personal finance it’s usually more about what you should be doing now, but too often the mistake has already been made. I talk and write a lot about financial literacy because it is so important but[…]