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Is student debt the next big financial crisis?

Quick ReadStudent loan debt is pushing an increasing number of young people and their parents toward bankruptcy, according to a survey.

With college debt rising, a bankruptcy lawyers group

Photo credit: AP | With college debt rising, a bankruptcy lawyers group fears a crisis like the mortgage meltdown. (Feb. 2, 2012)

Student loan debt is pushing an increasing number of young people and their parents toward bankruptcy, according to a survey.

More than four-fifths of bankruptcy attorneys say they've seen a notable jump in the number of potential clients with student-loan debt in the past few years, with nearly half the lawyers reporting a significant increase in such cases, according to a survey released...

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