yet has now reached a record one point four six five trillion more than jabal ng since the end of the great recession just a few years ago over forty four million americans are currently shackled with college debt here now to explain the feasibility of student debt forgiveness is senior financial analyst john f. o'donnell. yeah dad priggishness well over there look like. it would look like a disaster wrapped in a tsunami engulfed in a bit heading thoroughly dipped in a blue bonnet played with the right amount of of clusters. sprinkled on top of it oh. so bad you're saying bad that you're going bad but john is it true that student debt forgiveness would actually it would benefit our economy a lot no absolutely not i mean according to a comprehensive report by the levy economics institute of bard college the policy of debt cancellation could boost real g.d.p. by an average of eighty six billion to one hundred eight billion per year and peak job creation adds roughly one point two million to one point five million new jobs per year. how is that i've got to say what. i thought you meant t