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May 27, 2020

For-profit colleges hope to be profitable again.

Years of intense regulatory scrutiny over high student loan default rates and lawsuits over boiler room recruiting tactics resulted in rapid enrollment declines, revenue losses, and a wave of closings.

But now, with a sympathetic Education Department and skyrocketing...


May 13, 2020

There’s little doubt that the US has entered a recession. Stock markets have been continuously rattled since February, and over 20 million people filed for unemployment last month. 

Fortunately, economists have learned a lot about fighting recessions since the 2008 financial crisis, according to our guest today.