To Forgive or Not to Forgive: A Closer Look at the Biden Administration's Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

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On May 24, 2023 APPAM, along with the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), and special guests hosted a panel discussion on the Biden Administration's proposed student debt forgiveness plan as we explore the benefits and drawbacks of this historic and controversial proposal.

This event is based off JPAM's segment "Point/Counterpoint." Learn more about the format here.
 

 

Moderator
 

Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post

Danielle Douglas-Gabriel is a national higher education reporter at The Washington Post who covers college affordability, accountability and state and federal financial aid policy. She writes about higher education from the perspective of a first-generation college graduate who relied on need-based grants, scholarships, loans and working to pay tuition. 

Danielle joined the national economy desk in July 2012 from Capital Business, a Post publication where she served as the local retail, hospitality and banking reporter for two years. Before Capital Business, Danielle was the managing editor of Real Estate Forum, a commercial real estate trade magazine. 

Panelists
 

Elizabeth "Beth" Akers, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Elizabeth “Beth” Akers is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on the economics of higher education. Before joining AEI, she worked as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a visiting research scholar at the Federal Reserve Board, a fellow at Brookings Institution, and a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

Dr. Akers has a PhD in economics from Columbia University and a BS in mathematics and economics from the State University of New York at Albany.

Marshall Steinbaum, University of Utah

 

Marshall Steinbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and a Senior Fellow in Higher Education Finance at Jain Family Institute.

He is an empirical labor economist by training, and his research investigates the existence and implications of employer power in labor markets, with applications to antitrust, higher education, and student debt.