Gen X is barreling toward retirement <a href="https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/student-loan-debt-gen-x-619cffda?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">with an excruciating student-loan burden</a>. 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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/oyin-adedoyin?mod=WSJ_TJPOD"> Oyin Adedoyin</a> 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. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Jessica Mendoza </a>hosts. 

Further Listening: 

- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5D3wvkoIuWiqGIbJ45UK3X?si=49948d7b6fb14a0f">For Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers It's Time to Pay</a>
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xIk4AF7utiTdFP6xEMj36?si=54d514f9ab474c70">Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt</a> 


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