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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/5/2009
The Next Bubble to Burst?
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Now that the housing bubble has popped, what will be next? The college bubble, perhaps. Let's hope so, anyway. Kathy Kristof's story in Forbes gives the essentials: ... victims of an unfolding education hoax on the middle class that's just as insidious, and nearly as sweeping, as the housing ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 2/13/2009
The White House Bubble
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Chuck Todd Obviously, I'm one of the newbies here in the White House press corps... so maybe I'm unfamiliar with the ways of how this place works.  I have to say, nothing is more frustrating than covering an an actual event here at the ... (more) The White House Bubble

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Instapundit:  WILL HIGHER EDUCATION BE the next bubble to burst? If people feel that the value of a degree doesn’…

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WILL HIGHER EDUCATION BE the next bubble to burst? If people feel that the value of a degree doesn’…
Instapundit — ... WILL HIGHER EDUCATION BE the next bubble to burst? If people feel that the value of a degree doesn’t justify a lot of debt, then yes. Those that will suffer most will be non-elite private schools, which are often as expensive as the Ivy League but offer poorer credential value for the money. ...

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The College Bubble — Hit & Run
In Forbes , Kathy Kristof takes on college loans, arguing that there is an unfolding education hoax on the middle class that's just as insidious, and nearly as sweeping, as the housing debacle. The ingredients are strikingly similar, too: Misguided easy-money policies that are encouraging the ...