New census data released today reveals that the recession has made American 20 to 30-somethings into a Lost Generation of unemployed and underemployed, the AP reports.
According to conomists, this trend will continue through the decade, and when i…
Aug 23, 2011
The winner economy and the loser economy
By Spengler
Just what do America’s large multinational corporations have to do with the US economy? Very little, judging by the data.
Item: Final sales of domestic product rose by 3.8% (with…
Student loans will keep a lid on how high housing prices will recover once the economy does settle down.
It is amazing to think that currently $1 trillion in student loans still need to be paid and the amount of student debt is only growing. Th…
As college graduates across the country don their caps and gowns and shuffle across the stage to accept their degrees, many are questioning the worth of the thin piece of paper in their hands. If there was a return counter at the other side of the …
The explosive growth of student loan debt is troubling for a variety of obvious and not so obvious reasons. More needed attention is being drawn to higher education and questions are being sharply directed at the way college education is financed. …
A job at McDonald’s may mean flipping burgers and mixing McFlurries, but for younger workers and those without a college degree, the positions also represent a path to the professional world.
Today, the chain hopes to fill 50,000 full-time and p…
From the FinancialSense website….
In many ways it appears that the American education system has gone completely wrong. Far too many people today, particularly in western societies, are feeling the pressure to go to college and get a degree. They…
So the problem is not enough student loan debt. We need to supply more debt to remedy this problem…
From Yahoo:
“A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has found that not enough Americans are completing c…
