Corey Turner

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198 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Jul

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Planet Money · Can the Trump administration make college cheaper? · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

William Bennett, Bill Bennett. matched

And the opinion piece, the title says it all. matched

He called it Our Greedy Colleges. matched

Quote, many of our colleges are at it again. matched

They have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. matched

Next year, tuition is expected to rise 6% to 8%. matched

He argued that matched

Increases in federal student aid, quote, have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. matched

Okay. matched

We should pause there. matched

So that's the whole argument. matched

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And in fact, this idea... matched

really took hold, and economists dubbed it the Bennett hypothesis. matched

Well, Kenny, I will leave the monetary policy to you. matched

But I will say it sounds logical. matched

And I think that's why the Bennett hypothesis persists to this day as a kind of popular idea. matched

The question is... matched

Yeah, there was no real way to test it until 2006, because that's when lawmakers decided to really kind of do the opposite of what Bennett was saying. matched

They decided grad students needed more money, you know, not just for tuition, but for things like rent and food and books, a laptop. matched

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