Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Mark Cuban: Put Limits On Student Loan Debt

CNBC reports on advice from Mark Cuban:
The best way to fix the student loan bubble is to limit the allotted amount of loans each student is allowed to receive each year to no more than $10,000, Cuban said, adding that a cap on student debt would force universities to lower tuition and curb spending.

Rising tuition costs don't help the economy as much as increasing students' purchasing power—a college may just use the extra cash to "build a better fitness center at your school."

Tuition revenue is "just easy money and easy money goes to a college administrators' head just as much as anybody else, Cuban said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" Monday.

Anytime you create easy money, you're gonna create a bubble or inflation and that's what's happening with college tuition, Cuban said.
An article well worth your time.