We Need to Talk about Student Loans
Tom Nicholas
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I make videos about politics, history and culture. My goal is to provide context and clarity to trending topics. I like to take a critical look at current affairs and track down the origins of the ideas which shape the way we see the world. Find me in the following places: Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf
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Watch my Nebula Original film BOOMERS right now at https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas University is broken. Students are paying through the nose. Graduates are struggling to find jobs. And a degree no longer seems to be the key to social mobility it once was. How did higher education fall apart, and how can we fix it? Written, directed, and presented by Tom Nicholas. Filmed and edited by Georgia Burrows. Additional research and production assistance by Jack Carter. *Chapters* 00:00 The Great University Scam 02:07 How University Became So Expensive 21:39 Why Graduates Can’t Get Jobs 34:49 Can Universities Solve Social Mobility? 44:10 A Game of Risk 48:12 How to Sort Your Algorithm (Abandon It) Watch this video ad- and sponsor-free on Nebula at https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-why-university-feels-like-a-scam-now Support my work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitch: http://twitch.tv/tom_nicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound
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