Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis

*ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2024*

“A powerful argument for reforming this system.”-The New York Times

An urgent investigation of student debt in America revealing the corrupt systems, rotten policies, and bad actors that have created a $1.7 trillion crisis.

College 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 onl...