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by abhinavkulkarni 2906 days ago
Loosening of regulation and cheap influx of money, on the whim printing of money by the Fed. Case in point, the current situation with student loans.

It's politically beneficial to make slogans about housing for all, education for all, etc. and then institute policy to distribute cheap money. Least time we did that, you know what happened (2008).