Tamara Draut
Drowning in student loans? Canâ€™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 itâ€™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 diplomaâ€“and costs a fortune to obtain. Good jobs are scarcer thanks to stagnant wages and disappearing benefits. And, the cost of everythingâ€“starter homes, health coverage, child careâ€“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.
Nonfiction,Economics,Sociology,Politics,Economics,Finance,Currency,Money,Cultural,Social Issues
Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead