Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X
Oct 02, 2025•19 min
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Episode description
Gen X is barreling toward retirement with an excruciating student-loan burden. The generation that came of age in the ’80s and ’90s is now also the generation with the most student debt per borrower. WSJ’s Oyin Adedoyin explains how federal policies around student debt left Gen X with such a big burden. And one Gen Xer talks about the impact student debt has had on his life. Jessica Mendoza hosts.
Further Listening:
- For Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers It's Time to Pay
- Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt
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