Burdened : student debt and the making of an American crisis / Ryann Liebenthal.

Author/creator Liebenthal, Ryann author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Description323 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Part 1: The era of missed opportunities (1941-1971). The GI bill of goods -- Reading, writing, and Sputnik -- The education president -- Part 2: A market is born (1972-1995). Market actors -- Profits and loss -- The Reagan regression -- Grift revisited -- Part 3: Finance rules (1996-2007). Iron triangles -- A bankrupt system -- "Borrowers are the product" -- Part 4: Debtors unite (2008-). The collective debtor -- Biden time -- Past due -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract Ryann Liebenthal's Burdened tells the maddening story of how the power plays of legislators and presidents, the commodification of higher education, and the rapacious practices of for-profit colleges and private lenders have created today's student-debt lava pit.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [261]-303) and index.
Genre/formInformational works.
Genre/formDocuments d'information.
ISBN0358353963 (hardcover)
ISBN9780358353966 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks LB2340.2 .L54 2024 ✔ Available Place Hold