Time really is worth more now The Week Staff Today's best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: Bankruptcy relief for student loans Lawmakers want to include student loans in their overhaul of the bankruptcy system, said Aarthi Swaminathan at Yahoo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts last week introduced the "Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020," which would "replace the current systems of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 personal bankruptcies with one system, Chapter 10." Student loans would become eligible for discharge as part of the overhaul. Relief from student debt is difficult to obtain in court, and many borrowers aren't aware it's possible at all; lenders have "routinely exploited that ignorance." Broader forgiveness has become a political flashpoint. ÂPresident-Âelect Joe Biden supports erasing up to $10,000 of student debt, while some DemoÂcratic lawmakers are pushing for forgiveness of up to $50,000.