Burdened: student debt and the making of an American crisis

Introduction

Part 1: The era of missed opportunities (1941-1971). The GI bill of goods

Reading, writing, and Sputnik

The education president

Part 2: A market is born (1972-1995). Market actors

Profits and loss

The Reagan regression

Grift revisited

Part 3: Finance rules (1996-2007). Iron triangles

A bankrupt system

"Borrowers are the product"

Part 4: Debtors unite (2008-). The collective debtor

Biden time

Past due

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.