Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
by kurthr on Thursday August 16, 2018 @10:05PM
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Woah there... govt subsidizes what? This isn't about subsidies (except for loan guarantees), it's about unsecured credit and debt that can't be discharged in bankruptcy. That (like credit card spending, 8 year car loans, and payday lending) is a recipe for rising prices and high eventual bankruptcy rstes, but it's not govt subsidy. It is regulatory capture.
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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
by maxerickson on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:21AM
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The government backing a huge portion of the loans and creating special treatment for the loans are both, ya know, subsidies. They are slightly indirect.
Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
by kurthr on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:49PM
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Yes, that is why I called out loan guarantees. Regulatory capture (special treatment) on the other hand, is not subsidy any more than granting a patent/trademark is a subsidy... it's regulatory capture (the opposite of effective regulation). Corporations don't get to blame the govt for the rules that industry paid for... see what you made me do!