This past week, I had the occasion to travel to Baltimore for a mathematics conference, a lively event (no, I'm not joking — I'm sure a great number of you rank mathematics conferences, on an excitement level, at the level of conferences attended by funeral directors) attended by some four thousand, and held at the Baltimore Convention Center. While there, I pulled myself away from the assemblage for a short time in order to visit a good friend of mine who also doubles as my financial adviser. We discussed my net worth, and while we noted that my educational debt … Continue reading The Trouble With Loans