On AlterNet: student loan

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Sex Work to Pay Off College Loans? How the College Debt Racket Sucks Young People Dry -- And Led Many to Occupy Wall St.

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. October 7, 2011.

Student loan debtor: "Kids are told to get this expensive degree and you’ll get a job. You end up owing too much and owning nothing."

Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 21, 2011.

Student loans have been going up since the recession began--and now defaults are up too. Something has to be done, but what?

How a New Generation Can Avoid Getting Bankrupted by Student Loan Payments

Anya Kamenetz, Chelsea Green Publishing. April 12, 2010.

The insanity of the private loan market is part of the excesses of the entire credit industry in the past few years. Understanding one means understanding the other.