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End of The Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation--and What We Can Do About It: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost ... Economic Recession, and the American Dream - Softcover

Froymovich, Riva

 
9780062217844: End of The Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation--and What We Can Do About It: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost ... Economic Recession, and the American Dream
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0062217844 ISBN 13: 9780062217844
Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Financial journalist Riva Froymovich has good reason to be anxious about the financial turmoil facing Generation Y. This is her generation.

Indeed, Generation Y has suffered the brunt of the financial crisis and great recession. For those in the U.S. born after 1976, the American dream is becoming a nightmare of stalled economic mobility. Swamped in student loan debt they’re postponing marriage and buying homes, unable to save money, and delaying having children.

The End of the Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation--and What We Can Do About It examines short-sighted government policies and initiatives that will wreak havoc on our youth. In addition to offering concrete policy suggestions, this book is driven by the touching personal stories of Americans and other young people around the globe affected by the financial crisis and widespread youth unemployment.

How did the promise of the American Dream unravel for an entire generation, and what can be done to fix it?

  • The Great Recession’s True Cost: Go beyond the headlines to understand how the 2008 collapse created a "lost generation" by dismantling the traditional pathways to adulthood.
  • The Student Loan Trap: Investigate the trillion-dollar debt crisis that’s preventing Millennials from buying homes, starting families, and building personal wealth.
  • Failed Government Policy: An incisive analysis of the short-sighted decisions that rigged the labor market against the young and exacerbated the crisis.
  • A New Global Reality: Journey from the U.S. and Europe to the new promised lands of Brazil and China to see how the economic landscape has permanently shifted.
  • A Path Forward: Discover concrete, actionable solutions for how Generation Y―and the country―can start to save itself.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Riva Froymovich has covered the euro-zone in the throes of collapse, the U.S. dollar's historic decline during the Great Recession, the rapid rise of emerging economies, central banks as they faced their biggest challenge since the Great Depression, and politicians' attempt to cobble together financial regulation. She has experience reporting in print and on camera for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, among other outlets. Riva is a member of Generation Y.

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Generation Y faces the bleakest economic landscape in modern history. The recent spikes in unemployment and debt, alongside a drop in marriage, home-buying, and childbearing rates, will have long-term consequences for a group that had no hand in creating the financial crisis. For these young adults, the American Dream is moving farther out of reach. Worse still, leaders aren't doing anything about it. Drawing on a wide range of reportage and interviews from across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Riva Froymovich gives voice to those struggling in this new economy and explains the harm of shortsighted government policies—including initiatives to curb the national debt and key social programs. Through policy suggestions that focus on social enterprise and investment in economic growth, as well as inspiring stories from young entrepreneurs carving out their own way, End of The Good Life presents a deeply relevant read for Millennials, their baby boomer parents, and anyone who cares about the survival of this nation's most important tenet: the opportunity to get ahead.

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Verlag
Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0062217844
ISBN 13 
9780062217844
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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