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student debt, which is also a drag on the whole ecnonomy,
developed as governments pushed the burden of higher education
costs onto students and pushed them into the arms of the banks.
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to The Real News
Network. I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore. And we're continuing our
discussion about the 80th anniversary of the inauguration of FDR
and the New Deal.  Now joining us to continue our chat is, first
of all, Professor Leo Panitch. He's the Canada Research Chair in
Political Economy and distinguished research professor of
political science at York University in Toronto. And he's the
author of the book Global Capitalism and American Empire and
coauthor of the book The Making of Global Capitalism.  Also
joining us again, Professor James K. Galbraith. He's the Lloyd
M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business Relations at the LBJ
School of Public Affairs at t