{"product_id":"burdened-student-debt-and-the-making-of-an-american-crisis-hardcover","title":"Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyann Liebenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful argument for reforming this system.\"--The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent investigation of student debt in America, this deeply researched book on higher education reveals the corrupt systems, rotten policies, and bad actors that have created a $1.7 trillion crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollege costs more today than ever and is worth less. Tuition at public colleges has more than tripled in the past 50 years, while the system of financial aid has failed to keep up. Over the same period student debt has grown from virtually nothing to more than $1.7 trillion, second only to home mortgages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkyrocketing student-loan burdens are leading an entire generation to put off the traditional milestones of adulthood: buying homes, getting married, starting families, and saving for retirement. The burden weighs heavier on women and black Americans, and with almost 10 percent of student debtors now over the age of 60, it is a crisis no longer limited to the young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyann Liebenthal's Burdened tells the maddening student loan history of how the power plays of legislators and presidents, the commodification of higher ed, and the rapacious practices of for-profit colleges and private lenders have created today's student-debt lava pit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the notion of student-loan cancellation percolates into the political mainstream, Liebenthal offers a deeply researched, sweeping narrative of our broken system of economic policy. Rather than give in to despair, she boldly charts a way out, offering hopeful solutions to this seemingly unfixable problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiebenthal's urgent investigation charts a path from the GI Bill to the current crisis, revealing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Troubling Political History: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover how decades of backroom deals, legislative compromises, and presidential power plays built the student debt machine, from the GI Bill's unintended consequences to today's partisan gridlock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Financialization of Education: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the rapacious practices of private lenders, for-profit schools, and financial giants like Sallie Mae that commodified higher learning and created a system built for profit, not people.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Unequal Burden: \u003c\/b\u003e Examine the deeply researched data showing why the $1.7 trillion crisis weighs heaviest on women and Black Americans, deepening systemic inequality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Path Forward: \u003c\/b\u003e Beyond the maddening story of our broken system, find bold, hopeful solutions to a crisis that has left an entire generation behind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRYANN LIEBENTHAL is a writer and editor living in Oakland, California. A graduate of Reed College and NYU's School of Journalism, she has written for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Jones \u003c\/i\u003e(where her exposé on the failed federal student loans forgiveness program was a cover story in 2018), \u003ci\u003e n + 1, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374380302514,"sku":"9780358353966","price":30.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/oiX_CT4R9F9780358353966.webp?v=1782993506","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/burdened-student-debt-and-the-making-of-an-american-crisis-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}