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Debt TrapJosh Mitchell
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Debt Trap

288 pagesFirst published 20214 editions
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The dramatic untold story of the student loan debt crisis in America. In 1981, a new executive at the student loan giant Sallie Mae took home the company's financial documents to review. "You've got to be shitting me," he later told the company's CEO. "This place is a gold mine." Far from making college affordable, the student loan system has created a college-industrial complex that has submerged multiple generations in debt. For millions, their college investment turned into a nightmare: 43 million people owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt, more than both credit card debt and car…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionSimon & Schuster20222729781501199479
AudiobookBlackstone Pub2021—9781797120492
EditionSimon & Schuster20212889781501199509
EditionSimon & Schuster20212889781501199448
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