Editor's Insight: Time to wind back student debt levels for country's good
New research shows indebted students are suppressing economic dynamism and entrepreneurialism.
Student loans have been wildly successful since they were first introduced in 1992.
So successful that some $18.5 billion has been loaned and $8.2 billion paid back.
Labour won re-election in 2005 with a pledge to wipe interest rates, which were proving a burden despite being below market
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Editor's Insight: Time to wind back student debt levels for country's good
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