Millennials aren't buying homes right now. What if they never do?
Despite lower mortage rates and increased employment, one demographic group isn’t touring open houses or scouring online listings in search of their new homesSomebody is buying houses in the United...
View ArticleCuts to public financial aid making it harder than ever to get a college degree
The cost of attending college has grown at a far faster clip than median household incomes, creating a barrier for many US familiesAcross the country, proud parents are watching their children,...
View ArticleMillennials may not be rich, but members-only perks ensure the luxe life
Magnises’ selling point for its growing network of young professionals includes exclusive outings – and brands welcome the access to their target customers Chris Khan was all packed and ready for his...
View ArticleSummer camp with an open bar: retreats for stressed-out adults are big business
It’s not just for kids anymore: summer camps tailored for adults looking to relive some of their childhood have become a million-dollar industry in the USMarshmallows toasting on an open fire beneath a...
View ArticleWhat millennial millionaires are getting wrong about personal finance
Young, rich people are reportedly keeping a third of their wealth in cash – but it’s not a strategy peers with decades of potential compound interest should mimicIt seems that young millionaires these...
View ArticleYoung people got short end of the political stick | Mohamed El-Erian
Millennials must demand greater say in politics or older generation will continue to excessively borrow from their futureOnce again, young people have gotten the short end of the political stick. The...
View ArticleThe trick to having it all: asking for help … and hiring a butler
The Guardian spent a day with a 21st-century-style butler supplied by Hello Alfred, a startup that takes care of life’s little chores so you don’t have to‘Hello, it’s Monika!” a woman next to me calls...
View ArticleLiving on a budget? How trendy! Frugal bloggers live on the cheap, by choice
The countless people who document their thrifty lifestyles give readers with money woes emotional support – but they don’t often deal with true povertyOn Sunday mornings, Katie practices the same...
View ArticleCreative co-living in Australia: did Beethoven knock off at six o'clock?
Co-living spaces promise to create communities and encourage creative expression but they could spell the end of the work-life divideAs a freelancer, I know that working from home can be both a boon...
View ArticleFinancial Slavery: play confronts the weight of student debt at FringeNYC
The cast of Financial Slavery: The College Debt Sentence is made up of students facing generation’s ‘biggest political, social, economic crisis’Debt-laden students don’t often make it to the theater in...
View ArticleArtsy afterlife: a new breed of urban taxidermists give animals 'life after...
Amber Maykut is part of a resurgence of taxidermists committed to never killing for the sake of art – using animals that have already been killed for other purposes“If you have a limb fall off, don’t...
View ArticleMillennials could be millionaires – if they start investing instead of saving
In a new poll, 64% of working millennials said they couldn’t see themselves ever becoming millionaires – but it’s a much more reasonable goal than many realizePity the poor millennials. The 83 million...
View ArticleTriple-lock pension should be scrapped, say MPs
Guaranteed rises in the state pension worsen generational inequality skewed toward baby-boomers, according to committeeGuaranteed rises in the state pension should be scrapped according to a damning...
View ArticleWill you be better off than your parents? Don't count on it | Fredrik deBoer
Nearly half of 30-year-olds earn less than their parents did at that age. The impact on politics has been clear: a new spirit of populism and unrestRelated: Rust-belt romantics don’t get it: the middle...
View ArticleAwkward! The blog to ease that horrible office conversation no one wants to have
From the receptionist who can’t stop hugging people to co-workers’ racist Halloween costumes, Alison Green’s Ask a Manager blog takes a boss’s-eye viewIs it OK to have a Christmas party at Hooters? How...
View ArticleMoves like Middleton: the New York etiquette class that's fit for a queen
Myka Meier runs a school of manners with locations throughout the city. Olga Oksman attends a class – and learns how etiquette can be empoweringMyka Meier does not own a single pair of jeans. What she...
View ArticleCobbling together: the Brooklynites who gather to make handcrafted shoes
Former corporate fashion designers get ‘close to the product’ at Brooklyn Shoe Space, a shoemaking collective focused on sharing the ‘addicting’ tradeIt turns out that there are a lot of heels in the...
View ArticleAustralian millennials have world's second-lowest home ownership
Only UAE has lower rate of young people owning homes, HSBC study finds, as stagnant wages reduce affordability Australian millennials have the second-lowest rate of home ownership in the world,...
View ArticleHow long can millennials keep living with their parents? This isn't...
Some will no doubt attribute this to the unique moral depravity of the Kardashian generation. But don’t blame the crisis of capitalism on usYou’ve heard all the stereotypes about the “baby boomerang,”...
View ArticleStop spending money on avocados? Good idea, I’ll have a house deposit by 2117...
A millionaire has decided that millennials can’t afford to buy a home because of our crippling brunch habit. Where to start …To read newspaper headlines, you’d think that millennials had invented the...
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