#KevinDrum has a model of student debt dynamics that he cites without evidence (“almost by definition”) that I think is just wrong. Older cohorts still with student debt are not, I think, predominantly affluent professionals who took a lot of debt — affluent genxers have paid theirs off by now! It’s people who have struggled to pay and seen debt grow through capitalization of interest and penalties. https://jabberwocking.com/gen-x-student-debt-is-mostly-about-highly-paid-graduate-professionals/