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Sep 2023
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Graduate Degrees Cost More

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Bloomberg News Higher-Education Finance Reporter Janet Lorin explains that graduate students are taking on an outsized share of federal loans, and for the first time are set to outpace how much undergraduates are borrowing. Christina Shim, Global Head of Product and Strategy at IBM Sustainability Software, discusses the intersection of AI and sustainability. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Investigations Reporter Esmé Deprez share the details of Esmé's Businessweek Magazine story Plastic Bottles With No. 2 Recycle Symbol May Have Toxic Problem. And we Drive to the Close with Michael Sheldon, Chief Investment Officer at Hightower RDM Financial Group.
Hosts: Carol Massar and Simone Foxman. Producer: Paul Brennan. 

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