Them that’s got shall have: student-debt relief

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.3 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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America’s federal government will spend hundreds of billions of dollars cancelling student-loan debt—fulfilling a long-standing progressive wish. But while it may be good politics, the policy rationale makes less sense. Too many Nigerian children are sent to beg on the streets by their religious teachers. And celebrating the music and culture of one of Europe’s oldest ethnic minorities. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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1:13.4	Around 13 million children in Nigeria don't go to school,
1:17.4	perhaps more than anywhere else in the world.
1:20.1	Many are sent into the streets to beg by their religious teachers,
1:24.1	an ancient practice under new scrutiny.
1:28.0	And our correspondent reports from Trakai in southeastern Lithuania,
1:32.9	where a series of concerts were performed by members of one of Europe's smallest ethnic minority groups
1:37.8	who have been living in the region for more than 600 years.
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