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US under-40 finance

November 2013

  • young woman credit cards

    Millennial finance
    Credit cards – can't live with them, can't live without them

  • roulette jackpot tuition

    Millennial finance
    Why smart colleges keep tuition high and promise the aid to cut it

  • Detroit for slideshow

    Millennial finance
    Where can young people buy a house for $500? Detroit

  • Check-cashing

    'Poor people aren't making ends meet': inside payday lending

October 2013

  • Dancing for freedom

    Millennial finance
    A Millennial giving voice to non-profit workers in America's 'third sector'

    Manish Vaidya's cabaret act, based on his disappointing years working at a charity, illuminates the crisis of non-profits
  • pink heart with marriage text

    US money blog
    Why single people are hurting the economy

    Marriage means financial security and more spending, which boosts the economy. Are singletons selfish, or pragmatic?
  • obama unemployment elect

    The Millennials' failure to launch: searching the jobs report for answers

    Lazy and entitled, or product of their times? New reports and research shed light on the plight of unemployed young people

August 2013

June 2013

  • 1994, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

    US money blog
    Attend your lavish wedding? With what money?

  • LeBron James

    US money blog
    Today's internship economy is widening the wealth gap in America

May 2013

  • Barack Obama on student loans

    Obama urges Congress to stop increase in student loan rates

    President says rising college costs hold back entire middle class as interest on new Stafford loans set to double on July 1

  • Did a paycheck come with your internship? If not, you're not alone.

    Can unpaid internships change how an industry works?

    On the heels of a Guardian column on unpaid internships in journalism – and a ProPublica investigation on the internship industry – join us for a live chat Friday 31 May 1:30-2:30pm ET / 6:30-7:30 BST

    • US money blog
      Unemployment is killing America's economically vulnerable women early

    • US money blog
      Saving for retirement: the key is to start small

    • US money blog
      Homeward bound: why leaning into the past is not what women need

March 2013

  • Roy Greenslade

    Greenslade
    Journalists are now expected to work for next to nothing - or nothing at all

    Roy Greenslade

    Roy Greenslade bewails the increasingly poor pay of freelancers as cash-strapped publishers reduce fees for commissions

February 2013

  • Plumber fixes a boiler

    The case for blue-collar work: College no longer guarantees success

    Patricia Park

    Patricia Park: I make more money bagging groceries than lecturing at a university. 'Menial' work doesn't deserve the stereotypes

September 2012

  • 'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA' FILM - 2006

    Who gets to be a journalist if the route in depends on money and class?

    Alexandra Kimball

    Alexandra Kimball: I only got into journalism thanks to a surprise inheritance – I'd struggled for years with low-paid jobs as I couldn't afford an internship

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