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The Debt Project: 99 Portraits Across America by Brittany Powell

miguelf's review

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3.0

While eye opening the portraits here feel almost too exploitative and voyeuristic at times. Also, it seems that the author gave no guidelines on debt definition as mortgage debt should have been omitted from the debt picture.
It is good to see the stories here, but also one should keep in mind that these stories are likely timeless and have had the same tale for eons (debt peonage was a thing hundreds of years ago) although certainly much more should be done to address education related debt in the US.
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