Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt

by Beth Akers, Matthew M. Chingos, Beth Akers

Book Overview

Why fears about a looming student loan crisis are unfounded--and how they obscure what's really wrong with student lending

College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have raised serious questions about whether we are headed for a major crisis, with borrowers defaulting on their loans in unprecedented numbers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069116715X
• ISBN13: 9780691167152
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"