Generation debt : why now is a terrible time to be young
Anya Kamenetz
An emerging spokesperson for a new generation addresses the grim state of young people today--and tells us how we can, and must, save our future. The nature of youth is to question, SO when 24-year-old Kamenetz started out as a journalist, she began asking hard questions for which no one seemed to have good answers. Why were her friends thousands of dollars in credit-card debt? Why did so many jobs for people under thirty-five involve a plastic name badge, last only for the short-term, and not include benefits? With record deficits and threats to Social Security, what kind of future was shaping up for the nation's kids? In this book, she talks to experts in economics, labor markets, the health-care industry, and education, and amasses a startling array of evidence that building a secure life is harder for young people today than it was thirty years ago. - From publisher description
Year of publication: |
2006
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Authors: | Kamenetz, Anya |
Publisher: |
New York, NY : Riverhead Books |
Subject: | Jugendliche | Youth | Junge Arbeitskräfte | Young workers | Lebensstandard | Standard of living | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Lebensqualität | Quality of life | Generationengerechtigkeit | Intergenerational equity | Prognose | Forecast |
Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] |
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Extent: | XV, 265 S. 24 cm |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) |
ISBN: | 1-59448-907-6 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333021
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