Jeff Ptak: And I m Jeff Ptak, chief ratings officer for Morningstar Research Services.
Benz: Our guest on the podcast today is
The
New York Times financial columnist and author Ron Lieber. His latest book is called
The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make. He is also the author of
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money and coauthor of
Taking Time Off: Inspiring Stories of Students Who Enjoyed Successful Breaks From College and How You Can Plan Your Own. Ron has been the Your Money columnist for
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10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Feb. 4, 2021
It’s rare for a self-help book to crack our list of recommended titles. But Ron Lieber’s guide to the financial side of higher education, “The Price You Pay for College,” made the cut for a couple of reasons. First, on the face of it, it’s an impressively thorough and genuinely useful manual for people staring up the sheer cliff of college tuition payments. (I am one.) Second, and more relevant for an audience of general readers, it also contains an implicit analysis and critique of higher education as a system, by acknowledging the inequities that exist at every level from recruitment to admissions to financial aid. It’s a how-to book that will also make you think, “But why?”
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It is a deeply reported, conventional-wisdom-busting guide to a subject that many of even the most financially adept and prepared individuals find terrifying. The book arrives at a moment when families are re-scrutinizing the price schools charge for tuition; how much debt students take on, and what exactly is worth the money and why.
In an interview with
T&C, Lieber described what questions he s asked most about money and college and if recent events have changed the paying-for-college equation.
First question that s on the top of everyone s mind: Has the pandemic driven college prices down at all? Will there be any permanent change to cost