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Although adults of all ages have endured the economic and social changes wrought by the postindustrial era, today's young adults are the first to experience its full weight as they try to start their adult lives. But the challenges facing young adults also reflect the failure of public policy to address the changing realities of building a life in the twenty-first century. As a result, it has become increasingly difficult for this new generation of young adults to either work or educate their way into the middle class.
From college access and affordability, to issues facing new parents, Demos is committed to renewing our nation's commitment to opportunity and the common good.
The Economic State of Young America
May 6, 2008
Higher and Higher Education
Trends in Access, Afordability, and Debt
November 28, 2006
Young Adult Economic Series Part 1
Paycheck Paralysis
Jobs and Incomes in Today's Labor Market
November 28, 2006
Young Adult Economics Series Part 2
Generation Debt
Student Loans, Credit Cards, and Their Consequences
November 27, 2006
Young Adult Economics Series Part 3
The High Cost of Putting a Roof Over Your Head
Young Adults Face Unafordable Rental and Housing Markets in Major Cities Across the U.S.
November 27, 2006
Young Adult Economic Series Part 4
And Baby Makes Broke
Raising a Family is a Young Adult Issue
November 27, 2006
Young Adult Economic Series Part 5
Young Adult Economic Series
Executive Summary
November 27, 2006
The Economic Challenges of Young People
A Demos Briefing Kit
May 2006
A set of fact sheets that look at the economic barriers facing young adults, including access to higher education, the rising cost of housing, increasing credit card debt, and decreasing salaries.
STRAPPED: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead, Tamara Draut (Doubleday 2006)
 A new book by Tamara Draut, Director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos. STRAPPED offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults as they try to build careers, buy homes, and start families.
Generation Broke
The Growth of Debt Among Young Americans
 October 13, 2004
"Generation Broke", the second in a series of Borrowing to Make Ends Meet Briefing Papers, reports a 55% average increase in credit card debt among America's young adults from 1992 to 2001.
"A generation falls behind parents' standard of living"
Kansas City Star
December 10, 2006
Young adults today are feeling the deep impact of a shift from an industrial to a technology- and service-based economy, said Tamara Draut, director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a New York-based consumer think tank. They face higher costs in starting and sustaining families, building careers, finding affordable health coverage and growing assets, said Draut, author of Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead.
"Young people struggle to deal with kiss of debt"
USA Today, Florida Today, Indianapolis Star, WBIR-TV Knoxville, WZZM 13 Grand Rapids
November 20, 2006
"This debt-for-diploma system is strangling our young people right when they're starting out in life," said Tamara Draut, author of "Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead."
Related Organizations:
" 18to35
" Campaign for America's Future
" CampusProgress
" Generation Engage
" Mobilizing America's Youth
" NAACP Youth & College Division
" Project on Student Debt
" State PIRGs' Higher Education Project
" Student Loan Justice
" United States Student Association
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