About this episode
Mitchell Palmer discusses his journey and insights on the UK student loan system and the ACT Party.
Mitchell Palmer is an economist at the Adam Smith Institute. We talked to him about his journey from Auckland to London via Singapore and Oxford; how to reform the UK student loan system; and the recent past and near future of the ACT Party. Mitchell's report on student loans: https://www.adamsmith.org/research/credit-crunch Peter Ainsworth's IEA report on student loans: https://iea.org.uk/publications/shares-in-students-a-new-model-for-university-funding/
People in this episode
Host: James
Guest: Mitchell Palmer
Topics covered
- economics
- student loans
- UK education reform
- politics
- ACT Party
Keywords
- economist
- student loans
- UK education
- ACT Party
- reform
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Adam Smith Institute, ACT Party, IEA
Places: Auckland, London, Singapore, Oxford
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