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Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons

Student debt (and is it worth it?)

25 Jul 2025

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Are student loans really a tax? Are they fair? And are they putting people off going to university? Elf Lyons and economist Dr Gerard Lyons accrue your interest about the debt incurred by students to finance their courses (and potentially their socialising). We’ll discuss the current landscape of loans and tuition fees, examine how higher education was paid for in the past, look at different systems around the world and how things could be improved. Elf and Gerard have seven degrees between them and one of them is still paying for their education….

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