Been Down So Long It Looks Like Debt to Me
An American family’s struggle for student loan redemption.
An American family’s struggle for student loan redemption.
M.H. Miller The Baffler Jul 2018 20min Permalink
A social and financial divide is forming—between those who have student debt, and those who do not—that will have ramifications for decades to come.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Feb 2019 35min Permalink
How did a tenure-track professor wind up selling his plasma? A story about debt.
Josh Roiland Longreads Feb 2017 15min Permalink
A look at an all-too-knowing student loan form.
"RE: your other questions, the smell of toner is nothing like the taste of human blood. Revenue Canada requires that you send us original copies of your T4s and not photocopies, which is why we have not yet been able to complete our assessment and verification of your yearly income. We bear no grudge against you personally."
Emma Healey Post Road Magazine Mar 2014 Permalink
With fewer and fewer students having the income necessary to pay back loans (except through the use of more consumer debt), a massive default looks closer to inevitable.
On the emerging student loan bubble.
Malcolm Harris n+1 Apr 2011 10min Permalink