How America’s student-debt problem got so big

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<p>Forty-five million people in the U.S. &mdash; about one in six adults &mdash; owe a total of $1.7 trillion in student-loan debt. Canceling some of these federal loans has become a flash point in modern American politics. In a new book, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/burdened/id6460080155" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis</em></a>, Ryann Liebenthal traces the origins of the student-loan system and breaks down how it works today. Liebenthal spoke with <em>Apple News In Conversation</em> host Shumita Basu about ways to address this trillion-dollar problem.</p>