Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Student Loan Scam
Alan Collinge · 2009
75/100
👍 Worth It
Alan Collinge was deep inside the student loan system before the 2008 crisis exposed its worst mechanics to the public, and that insider vantage gives this book a credibility most advocacy titles lack. The Publishers Weekly starred review is earned — the argument is rigorously documented and the personal testimonies land hard. Some data has aged, but the systemic analysis remains uncomfortably relevant.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness76
Craft & writing72
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy83
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit74
👁 Human-eye gut-check75
Penny’s verdict75
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