"DEFAULT, over the course of its half-hour running time, charts
the the broken careers, relationships, and lives that crippling student
loan debt leaves in its wake. For those unfamiliar with the true scope of this crisis, DEFAULT
is a great introduction that interweaves facts and statistics with the
very human costs involved, told through at times gut-wrenching personal
stories."
"However, this film stumbles a bit in terms of its analysis — and downright falls over in terms of its call to action. For example, a key question overlooked (and one that might have pointed
to more interesting action possibilities) is "why is tuition rising so
fast?"
"... I would've enjoyed a bigger picture analysis, politically and
economically. Debt has long been
understood as a mechanism of control to wield against the poor and
working class, and speculation bubbles are an inevitable expression of
finance capitalism's drive for capital accumulation and balance sheet
growth."
"The action points suggested are very rudimentary, and not seriously considered or studied."
"And then President Obama is shown at the very end, speaking at a State
of the Union address about affordable college and the most incremental
of student loan reforms. That snippet is an all too-fitting symbol of
the disastrous results of relying on the standard liberal model of
social change."
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