Ron Lieber: Author of The Price You Pay for College and NY Times "Your Money" Columnist

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About Ron:

Ron has been the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times since 2008. Before coming to The Times, he wrote the “Green Thumb” personal finance column for The Wall Street Journal and was part of the startup team at the paper’s Personal Journal section.

He is the author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money, which was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller when it was released in 2015. “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make,” was published by HarperCollins in January, 2021, and was also an instant New York Times bestseller.

He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro 06:51 Reacting to the FAFSA trouble 09:17 Who are schools accountable to? 29:58 The “business of college” 36:36 Admissions deadlines 41:43 Highly selective college vs. state school 59:35 Outro

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Learn more about Ron’s book The Price You Pay for College here: https://ronlieber.com/books/the-price-you-pay-for-college/

Stories mentioned during the podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/your-money/paying-for-college/100k-college-cost-vanderbilt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/your-money/paying-for-college/early-decision-binding-nyu.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/financial-aid-college-merit-aid.html

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