Sunk Cost

“Finally, the kind of reporting that this major economic and social driver of recent American history deserves. Student loan debt is shaping the present and future of America, and Jillian Berman shows how and why.“  – Anna Sale, host of ‘Death, Sex & Money’ and author of ‘Let’s Talk About Hard Things’“We all owe Jillian Berman a huge debt for her years of incisive reporting from the frontlines of the student loan crisis. Now her deep knowledge, insight, and empathy are on full display in this incredible and timely book. Read it to understand how we got here and why we can’t afford not to cancel student debt.” – Astra Taylor, author of ‘The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart’“A rigorous and lucid account of an opaque bureaucratic history.” * Publishers Weekly *

Jillian Berman is an award-winning reporter at MarketWatch, where she has covered student debt for a decade. Before her time at MarketWatch, Jillian wrote about food and retail companies at HuffPost. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and USA Today.