Dec 17, 2019

Want someone to pay off your student loans? There’s an app for that.

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How will the Phase I trade deal between the U.S. and China be enforced? A company crowdfunds student loan repayment. Why American free markets might not actually be so free.

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Giving the gift of less debt

by Amy Scott

Dec 17, 2019

Pillar lets friends and relatives make student loan payments as a holiday gift.

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Market concentration and low competition has become the new normal in America

by Daniel Shin

Dec 17, 2019

NYU finance professor Thomas Philippon argues that U.S. markets are no longer as free and competitive as they were a few decades ago.

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The team

David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Brian Allison Engineer

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

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