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Student Loans: The Fund-Eating Dragon
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Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/ASSOCIATED PRESS Jacquelyn Martin/ASSOCIATED PRESS This week on Throughline, we explore the origins of federal student loans, the promises the government made, and how an idealistic vision transformed into what some have called a monster. Indentured Students: How Government Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer