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Drowning in student loan and credit card debt? Can't afford to get married, buy a home, have children? At last, a book for the under-35 generation (and their parents) that explains why it is not their fault. Strapped offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults--the under-35 crowd--as they try to build careers, buy homes, and start families. As Tamara Draut explains, getting ahead is getting harder. A college degree is the new high school diploma--but it now costs a fortune to get that degree, and students graduate with crippling debts. Good jobs are scarcer…
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3 editions- Ebook · English · 2007Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307279798
- Paperback · English · 2007Anchor · 304 pages · 9781400079971
- Other · English · 2005Doubleday · 277 pages · 9780385515054
FinanceBusinessYoung adultsEconomic conditionsNonfictionSocial conditionsEconomic historyUnited states, social conditions, 1980-






