Millennial finance
The Millennial generation has come of age amid economic crisis and slow recovery, with jobs scarce, debt high and uncertainty ahead. This series aims to provide insight into those challenges along with practical advice for how young people can manage their money
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Former corporate fashion designers get ‘close to the product’ at Brooklyn Shoe Space, a shoemaking collective focused on sharing the ‘addicting’ trade
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Myka Meier runs a school of manners with locations throughout the city. Olga Oksman attends a class – and learns how etiquette can be empowering
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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 view
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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 unrest
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Guaranteed rises in the state pension worsen generational inequality skewed toward baby-boomers, according to committee
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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 realize
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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
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The cast of Financial Slavery: The College Debt Sentence is made up of students facing generation’s ‘biggest political, social, economic crisis’
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Co-living spaces promise to create communities and encourage creative expression but they could spell the end of the work-life divide
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The countless people who document their thrifty lifestyles give readers with money woes emotional support – but they don’t often deal with true poverty
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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
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Project Syndicate economists Young people have once again got the short end of the political stick
Mohamed El-ErianMillennials must demand greater say in politics or older generation will continue to excessively borrow from their future
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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 mimic
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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 US
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Magnises’ selling point for its growing network of young professionals includes exclusive outings – and brands welcome the access to their target customers
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The cost of attending college has grown at a far faster clip than median household incomes, creating a barrier for many US families
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Despite lower mortage rates and increased employment, one demographic group isn’t touring open houses or scouring online listings in search of their new homes
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Rate was 0.9% for under-30s in March but was just 0.3% for over-65s, says a report into financial pressures on young adults
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Experts say more than half of young Australians are studying for occupations that are likely to be wiped out in a global, automated workplace
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Entering the workforce in the greatest economic downturn in living memory, millennials earn much less than Generation X and might never close the gap
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The gender wage gap among 2016 graduates has increased, as men make about $4 more an hour than women, according to Economic Policy Institute study
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Young people are using fintech for financial help, but shunning big banks and embracing new businesses doesn’t mean you’re removing risk from the equation
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A talented cast and star-studded cameos can’t save this by-the-numbers film – bedeviled by canned music and sitcom sequences – about millennial job woes
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Project Syndicate economists Young people are right to be angry about their financial insecurity
Joseph StiglitzSocial injustice on an unprecedented scale, massive inequities and loss of trust in elites define our political moment – and rightly so
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The second dotcom boom may seem like a way for money to flow from older, richer people to talented young entrepreneurs. But it’s not worked out that way
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Scheme offers young people money towards house deposits or repaying loans in return for moving to places such as Detroit or Kansas
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How did you survive your 20s? Share your story
Sarah PhillipsThe highs, the lows and the in-betweens of those tumultuous years: we want to know how you got through it all. Tell us by filling in the form below
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Life is far from hedonistic for most as tight budgets collapse with one cough of a car engine and dreams of property are weighed against the price of a takeout
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Millennials who are going it alone are finding it harder than ever to make ends meet
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Tell us how old you are and we’ll show you how rich or poor you are compared with other age groups around the developed world
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Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth
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Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein inadvertently pushed young people closer to Democratic underdog who speaks their language of ‘economic angst’
Australian millennials have world's second-lowest home ownership