Synopses & Reviews
Drowning in student loans? Cant 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 its 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.
Synopsis
Addresses the reasons why sixty percent of people between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four find themselves financially strapped as they struggle to build careers, buy homes, and start families, analyzing the economic and social trends, as well as government policies, that have led to the problem. Reprint.
About the Author
Tamara Draut is Director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a national think tank headquartered in New York City. Her research and writing have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Newsweek. A frequent commentator, Draut has appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNBC's Closing Bell, and ABC's World News Tonight. She lives in New York City with her husband.