<p>a very poor article in the Washington Post about college debt’s effect on the housing market has a quote from one of Ben Bernanke’s testimonies before Congress in which he is pointing out that his son would leave medical school with 400K in debt.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/student-debt-may-hurt-housing-recovery-by-hampering-first-time-buyers/2014/02/17/d90c7c1e-94bf-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/student-debt-may-hurt-housing-recovery-by-hampering-first-time-buyers/2014/02/17/d90c7c1e-94bf-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html</a></p>
<p>We need more and much better articles on the trickle down effect of large college debt on the rest of the economy. It is not just these consumers who are hurt by poor decision-making by parents, misguided government policies, and rising college costs.</p>