From The Economist.

Should you pay off your student loan? The Economist’s capital markets correspondent, Joshua Roberts, and Jason Palmer, co-host of the The Intelligence podcast, discuss why UK graduates are getting even angrier about their repayment plans, what options university leavers have and whether or not the current system amounts to a regressive “graduate tax”.

00:39 – Is the UK student loan system a graduate tax?
01:23 – How do student loan repayments actually work?
01:57 – Why is UK student debt in the news?
02:30 – Are the UK student loan terms actually that bad?
03:52 – Should you try to pay off your student loan early?
05:58 – Is it right for graduates to pay this fee?

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