{"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\u003cstrong\u003eAn urgent investigation of student debt in America revealing the corrupt systems, rotten policies, and bad actors that have created a $1.7 trillion crisis.\u003c\/strong\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. 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 \u003cem\u003eBurdened\u003c\/em\u003e tells the maddening story 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. Rather than give in to despair, she boldly charts a way out, offering hopeful solutions to this seemingly unfixable problem.\u003c\/p\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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978194977069,"sku":"9780358353966","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/GznwQmZP069780358353966.webp?v=1775800953","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/burdened-student-debt-and-the-making-of-an-american-crisis-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}