An eccentric tech investor and self-help guru has a wild, controversial idea to solve one of America’s biggest problems that he thinks could turn you into a billionaire

Americans owe $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, and the problem isn’t going away as tuition rates climb and the demand for college degrees remains high.
James Altucher, a tech investor and self-help guru, says young people should consider letting wealthy individuals or organizations invest in their future for a percentage of their future earnings. This way they could pay off their loans.
The idea has ignited criticism over the years from people who say “human capital contracts” are a modern form of identured servitude, or slavery.
We asked Altucher why he thinks this idea could fix the student debt problem.

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