I have waded into the birth rate discourse. Appealing to concerns about needing more worker bees to fill future cubicles and pay into Social Security is not a compelling argument for having more kids (or kids at all) IMO! marketwatch.com/story/im-a-mil…

“The fact that folks continue to make the decision to have children despite how entirely hostile our country is to supporting working families is actually mind-boggling to me." x.com/JillianBerman/…

Thanks for chatting! One of Gene's insights: “The bottom line there is that GDP is not being shared sufficiently to give people enough earning power that they can do better than their parents and participate in what everybody calls the American dream.” x.com/geneludwig/sta…

Spoke with Jess Calarco about what she describes as our DIY society and how women are pushed to hold it all together. Read more here: marketwatch.com/story/women-ar…

We're seeking nominations for the MarketWatch50, our annual list of the 50 most influential people in markets today. Last year's list included traders, CEOs, policymakers, and yes, Taylor Swift. Please submit your nominees here! marketwatch.com/lists-rankings…

She left $$ in her will to create a scholarship at Harvard for students of Armenian descent. The school turned her down. The case comes as race + ethnicity-based scholarships are posing challenges to schools in the wake of the affirmative action decision. marketwatch.com/story/a-former…

It's been a year since SCOTUS struck down Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. In that time, some borrowers have had debt cancelled, others have seen their payments drop. Still, they've faced reminders of how little control they have over their debt marketwatch.com/story/student-…

A new lawsuit claims that as MOHELA's student loan business grew, borrowers spent hours on hold, had too high monthly payments auto-debited from their accounts and were stymied from accessing debt relief marketwatch.com/story/student-…

When lawmakers launched the student loan system decades ago, they relied on middlemen to help make banks more comfortable lending to students. Now, the government lends to students directly, but the middlemen remain, with impacts on borrowers. 1 example: marketwatch.com/story/these-zo…

“Our debt should be considered exactly that of a teacher.” Inside an effort to include early childhood educators in a student loan forgiveness program for public servants. marketwatch.com/story/this-hig…

“One of the fundamental flaws of our student-debt system is that it presumes that everyone goes to college to get an economic payoff. Too many people are struggling with their student loans because they are seeking other goals." x.com/JillianBerman/…

Amazing news x.com/WSJ/status/181…

It’s Thursday August 1, 2024 AND EVAN IS FREE!!!! Detained by the Russian FSB Mar 29, 2023, 1 year & 124 days ago, today in a prisoner swap, EVAN HAS BEEN FREED! JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME! #IStandwithEvan

Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan. Free. Amazing. #IStandWithEvan

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“It’s legitimately the most delicious soda out there” -- a fan of Mountain Dew. Charles Passy digs into the beverage of choice for those vying to be VP. marketwatch.com/story/tim-walz…

At the DNC, Nathan Hornes, a former Corinthian student spoke about his activism + how it dovetailed with Kamala Harris's efforts to bring the company down. What the campaign's embrace of this story could mean for how she approaches pocketbook issues. marketwatch.com/story/inside-k…

When she was California's AG, Kamala Harris won a $1 billion judgement against a company scamming students. What that says about how she might approach housing and food costs as president. marketwatch.com/story/inside-k…