The Student Debt Trap: The Atlas Society Asks Josh Mitchell

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The Student Debt Trap: The Atlas Society Asks Josh Mitchell

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Apr 12, 2023

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 147 episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews journalist Josh Mitchell about his book "The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe."

Josh Mitchell is a journalist for The Wall Street Journal who spent fourteen years in the Journal's D.C. bureau, winning the Education Writers Association's 2016 award as the nation's top higher education reporter for his coverage. "The Debt Trap" explores the last seventy years of the student loan industry that would submerge a generation of Americans into $1.5 trillion in student debt.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JMitchellWSJ

WSJ Articles: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/josh-...

Book: "The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe" - https://amzn.to/3ysb8wr

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