Education empowers people, but education debt can cripple them and they families financially. Caitlin Zaloom joins Vasant Dhar in episode 37 of Brave New World to describe the depth of the problem, and what can be done about it. Useful resources: 1. Caitlin Zaloom at NYU, Google Scholar and Twitter. 2. Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost -- Caitlin Zaloom. 3. Law and Education in Our Modern World -- Episode 5 of Brave New World (w John Sexton). 4. The Future of Liberal Education -- Episode 11 of Brave New World (w Michael S Roth). 5. Uplift the Unremarkables -- Episode 2 of Brave New World (w Scott Galloway). 7. The Value of Soft Skills in the Labor Market -- David J Deming. 8. Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? -- David H Autor. 9. The Price You Pay for College -- Ron Lieber.