Red Jahncke

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Red Jahncke is president of Townsend Group International, a business consultancy in Connecticut, and a freelance columnist who writes on a wide range of public policy issues.

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Bloomberg Opinion

Trump Faces Time Bomb in College Loan Program

Taxpayers will spend billions on borrowers who get "public service" jobs.

January 18, 2017

OpinionRed Jahncke

Trump Faces Time Bomb in College Loan Program

Taxpayers will spend billions on borrowers who get "public service" jobs.

November 16, 2016

OpinionRed Jahncke

How to Make Drug Prices Fair to U.S. Consumers

A "best price" clause would make Europeans and their national health-care systems pay their fair share.

October 6, 2016

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Make Colleges Pay Loans If Their Graduates Can't

Universities would change for the better if they were on the hook for 5 percent of federal loans.

August 16, 2016

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Britain Should Adopt a Points System for All Immigrants

Points systems attract skilled labor while controlling the kind of immigration that produced the Brexit backlash.

July 21, 2013

OpinionRed Jahncke

Banks’ Size Is Greater Threat Than Complexity

January 6, 2013

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Breaking Up Banks Is Easy When They Aren’t Failing

June 10, 2012

OpinionRed Jahncke

Germany, Not Greece, Should Exit the Euro