Graduate Debt Free
Escaping the Student Loan Matrix
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Escape the matrix of student loan debt
In his new book, Dave Shutler analyzes twelve faulty assumptions about obtaining a higher education and shows how they can lead to debilitating college debt. Analogizing to the two realities in the Matrix movies, he reveals underlying facts about the assumptions to high schoolers and their parents.
These assumptions range from deciding whether to attend college in the first place, to the importance of selecting a major, to how to minimize college living costs. This book is a systematic guide to the many misconceptions that students hold in the college application process. Shutler analyzes each misconception, showing how it can lead to debt, and then provides strategies to escape that debt.
Dave Shutler sheds light on scholarships and other significant funding sources that are available for the enterprising student and explores the federal laws that govern student debt. He identifies underlying policy decisions that have contributed to the $1.7 trillion federal debt burden and offers several strategies to help individuals navigate student debt without succumbing to it.
Through planning, students can take charge of their education and escape the matrix of ever-increasing college costs.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines, and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy - mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula, life has never been better! The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Succeeding in it starts with shifting gears to recognize that only you control your future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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interesting and informative
- By Erin P. on 03-26-17
By: Diane Mulcahy
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The New Education
- How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux
- By: Cathy N. Davidson
- Narrated by: Carolyn Cook
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Practical Enough / Scholarly Enough
- By Amazon Customer on 07-22-20
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Kids These Days
- Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
- By: Malcolm Harris
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Everyone knows "what's wrong with millennials". Glenn Beck says we've been ruined by "participation trophies". Simon Sinek says we have low self-esteem. An Australian millionaire says millennials could all afford homes if we'd just give up avocado toast. Thanks, millionaire. This millennial is here to prove them all wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A devastating dream of revolution
- By Kevin Tierney Jr on 11-23-17
By: Malcolm Harris
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American Dreams
- Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
- By: Marco Rubio
- Narrated by: Ricardo Suri
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Marco Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school educations could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers, small-business owners, and maybe even a US senator. That was the American Dream - our country's central promise to its people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive and compelling path for renewal.
- By gary on 06-03-15
By: Marco Rubio
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The Smartest Money Book You'll Ever Read
- Everything You Need to Know About Growing, Spending, and Enjoying Your Money
- By: Daniel R. Solin
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 664
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 575
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 572
Tens of thousands of readers trust Dan Solin's advice when it comes to investing, managing their 401(k)s, and planning for retirement. Now Solin offers the smartest guide to money management and financial planning yet. From managing your debt, boosting your savings, and owning (or renting) a home to buying insurance, maximizing investment returns, and retiring when you want to, The Smartest Money Book You'll Ever Read is your road map to financial freedom - and to enjoying yourself along the way.
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1 out of 5 stars
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mint.com promo
- By Amazon Customer on 04-13-21
By: Daniel R. Solin
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The Five Years Before You Retire
- Retirement Planning When You Need It the Most
- By: Emily Guy Birken
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 116
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Even though half of all Americans put money aside for retirement, it isn't until they reach their 60s that many realize that they haven't saved enough. With The Five Years Before You Retire, you'll hone in on what you need to do in the next five years to maximize your current savings and create a realistic plan for your future. This book guides you through each financial, medical, and familial decision, from taking advantage of the employer match your company offers for your 401(k) program to enrolling in Medicare to discussing housing options with your family.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very basic information
- By KC on 01-02-17
By: Emily Guy Birken
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The Truth about Retirement Plans and IRAs
- All the Strategies You Need to Build Savings, Select the Right Investments, and Receive the Retirement Income You Want
- By: Ric Edelman
- Narrated by: Keith Spengel
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Everyone knows that saving for your retirement is important. Yet only half of all eligible Americans contribute to a retirement plan. That’s because all plans - including the 401(k), 403(b), 457, and even the IRA - are complicated, confusing, and costly. New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed financial advisor Ric Edelman has counseled thousands of savers and retirees and has accumulated his advice in this audiobook.
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4 out of 5 stars
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some very great info but be careful
- By Linda Mueller on 11-30-18
By: Ric Edelman
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The Millionaire Mind
- By: Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Cotter Smith
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,016
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,275
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,261
To become a millionaire, you have to think like one. The Millionaire Mind shows you how. Also available: The Millionaire Next Door.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No Millionaire Next Door
- By Sean on 02-01-03
By: Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., and others
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Losing Ground
- American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980
- By: Charles Murray
- Narrated by: Robert Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 275
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 272
Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and ’70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A great book ruined by a terrible recording
- By Michael on 04-05-13
By: Charles Murray
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The Index Card
- Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
- By: Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack
- Narrated by: Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 336
TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don't follow their guidance, you'll end up in the poorhouse. They're wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the best-selling Pound Foolish, he made an offhand suggestion: Everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Getting your personal finance right? Start here.
- By Alan J on 04-27-18
By: Helaine Olen, and others
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Fail U.
- The False Promise of Higher Education
- By: Charles J. Sykes
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
With chapters exploring the staggering costs of a college education, the sharp decline in tenured faculty and teaching loads, the explosion of administrator jobs, the grandiose building plans (gyms, food courts, student recreation centers), and the hysteria surrounding the "epidemic" of campus rapes, "triggers", "micro-aggressions", and other forms of alleged trauma, Fail U. concludes by offering a different vision of higher education - one that is affordable, more productive, and better-suited to meet the needs of a diverse range of students.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very glad I listened, not enough resolution
- By James Collier on 03-01-17
By: Charles J. Sykes
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- By: Anu Partanen
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,013
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 873
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 867
Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday life - from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcare - was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 06-20-17
By: Anu Partanen
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Get Good with Money
- Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole
- By: Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
- Narrated by: Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,057
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 879
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Story5 out of 5 stars 875
Tiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and advice from a shady advisor put her out of a job and into a huge financial hole. As she began to chart the path to her own financial rescue, the outline of her 10-step formula for attaining both financial security and peace of mind began to take shape. These principles have now helped more than one million women worldwide save and pay off millions in debt, and begin planning for a richer life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Goodbye SWEET 16. Hello ROTH IRA!
- By Will Smith on 04-12-21
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Angel Investing
- The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
- By: David S. Rose
- Narrated by: David S. Rose
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
From building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exit strategies, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enlightening
- By Keith L. on 04-06-15
By: David S. Rose
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- SneakerBoi
- 09-19-23
I wish the 17 year old me would've read this book
Graduate Debt Free -- Escaping the Student Loan Matrix gives the reader an up-to-date road map for anyone considering a future in higher education. Contrasting to many of his peers in this space, David Shutler shuts down the popular misconception that college is usually worth the time and money spent. Rooted in data and real-world examples, Shutler gives even the most devout pro-collegiate minds, a reason to stop and really examine if college is still the best way to a successful/secure future.
I loved the book. There is tons of great information in it that can literally save you tens of thousands of dollars and years of your life.
I can't wait to read the next in the series "Don't Go to Law School". ;)
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