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Making College Pay: An Economist Explains How to Make a Smart Bet on Higher Education

By Beth Akers
Narrated by: Melinda Wade
Unabridged — 4 hours, 51 minutes
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Unabridged — 4 hours, 51 minutes
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A leading economist makes the case that college is still a smart investment, and reveals how to increase the odds of your degree paying off.

“Full of easy-to-understand advice grounded in deep expertise and research.”-Martin West, William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Education, Harvard University

The cost of college makes for frightening headlines. The outstanding balance of student loans is more than $1.5 trillion nationally, while tuitions continue to rise. And on the heels of a pandemic th...