Ellie Shermer's guest appearances

Ellie Shermer

The Road to Now

Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast

Louis Hyman

Roger McNamee

Tyler Mahan Coe

Jason Moore

Benjamin Franklin

James Buchanan

Jimmy Carter

Randy Shaw

Caitlin Doughty

Raj Patel

Lance Armstrong

Douglas Brinkley

Andrew Polk

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Charles Darwin

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According to the US Department of Education, 45 million Americans collectively owe $1.7 billion in total student loan debt. While the weight of student loans has increased substantially in the 21st century, the history of student debt and the institutions that facilitate it is a much longer story than you probably expect. Ellie Shermer joins us to talk about her new book Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in Debt (Harvard, 2021), why student debt may be bad for all of us, and what we might do to alleviate student debt and fix higher education moving forward.  Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. Her previous books include Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015). You can follow her on twitter at @ETShermer. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.

According to the US Department of Education, 45 million Americans collectively owe $1.7 billion in total student loan debt. While the weight of student loans has increased substantially in the 21st century, the history of student debt and the institutions that facilitate it is a much longer story than you probably expect. Ellie Shermer joins us to talk about her new book <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674251489" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in Debt (Harvard, 2021)</a>, why student debt may be bad for all of us, and what we might do to alleviate student debt and fix higher education moving forward. <a href="https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/shermerelizabethtandy.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer</a> is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. Her previous books include <a href="https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15080.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015).</a> You can follow her on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/etshermer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ETShermer.</a> This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.

#205 The History of Student Debt w/ Ellie Shermer

Ellie Shermer discusses her book Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics. On this episode, we speak to Ellie Shermer about how local elites in Phoenix crafted a "business climate" that made Pheonix hospitable to industry and shaped both the modern sunbelt and contemporary politics.

Ellie Shermer discusses her book <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15080.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics.</a> On this episode, we speak to Ellie Shermer about how local elites in Phoenix crafted a "business climate" that made Pheonix hospitable to industry and shaped both the modern sunbelt and contemporary politics.

Ellie Shermer on Local Elites Creating a “Good Business Climate”