Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead

Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead

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Author/Contributor(s): Draut, Tamara
Publisher: Anchor
Date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Drowning in student loans? Can’t afford to get married, buy a home, have children? Up to your ears in credit card debt? At last, a book for the under-35 generation that explains why it’s not their fault, and what can be done about it. Strapped offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults. Getting ahead, argues commentator and policy maven Tamara Draut, is getting harder. A college degree is the new high school diploma–and costs a fortune to obtain. Good jobs are scarcer thanks to stagnant wages and disappearing benefits. And, the cost of everything–starter homes, health coverage, child care–keeps going up. Witty and wise, Strapped brims with ideas for fashioning a new kind of America in which every young person can go to college, buy a home, and start a family. The future starts here.