Froymovich debuts with an impressive presentation… A forcefully written treatment of the plight in which an increasing number of people find themselves.” — Kirkus Reviews
“…Froymovich gives voice to the frustrations of a generation. …Most compelling are Froymovich’s interviews with a wide range of dispirited young adults that provide a more intimate picture of a generation exploring new paths, developing new opportunities, and reshaping its plans for the future.” — Booklist
“Rich with narrative detail from young people around the world struggling to stay afloat… Froymovich lucidly explains how Generation Y suffers from the negative effects of long-term unemployment.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A fascinating, global trip through the daunting numbers and frank stories of the challenges facing young people who want to start a business, make a better living than their parents, or just survive when the financial cards are stacked against them.” — Heidi N. Moore, Finance and Economics Editor, Guardian US
“An insightful and astute narrative about the world in which Generation Y is living and what the Millennials (and the rest of us) will need to know about how to be successful now and in creating the future.” — Lucy Marcus, CEO, Marcus Venture Consulting, host of "In the Boardroom with Lucy Marcus"
“Riva Froymovich brings a critical question to the forefront: how can we restore an American Dream that is quickly fading for Generation Y? Froymovich illustrates the problem in a vivid and personal way and offers bold prescriptions for meeting this daunting challenge.” — Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group and author of Every Nation for Itself
An insightful and astute narrative about the world in which Generation Y is living and what the Millennials (and the rest of us) will need to know about how to be successful now and in creating the future.
A fascinating, global trip through the daunting numbers and frank stories of the challenges facing young people who want to start a business, make a better living than their parents, or just survive when the financial cards are stacked against them.
Riva Froymovich brings a critical question to the forefront: how can we restore an American Dream that is quickly fading for Generation Y? Froymovich illustrates the problem in a vivid and personal way and offers bold prescriptions for meeting this daunting challenge.
…Froymovich gives voice to the frustrations of a generation. …Most compelling are Froymovich’s interviews with a wide range of dispirited young adults that provide a more intimate picture of a generation exploring new paths, developing new opportunities, and reshaping its plans for the future.
…Froymovich gives voice to the frustrations of a generation. …Most compelling are Froymovich’s interviews with a wide range of dispirited young adults that provide a more intimate picture of a generation exploring new paths, developing new opportunities, and reshaping its plans for the future.
Riva Froymovich brings a critical question to the forefront: how can we restore an American Dream that is quickly fading for Generation Y? Froymovich illustrates the problem in a vivid and personal way and offers bold prescriptions for meeting this daunting challenge.
What will the future hold when the best-educated generation ever can't find the employment for which it is qualified? Brussels-based Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires reporter Froymovich debuts with an impressive presentation of the challenges raised by this question. The author argues that if policies are not changed internationally, those individuals born between 1976 and 2000, known in the United States as "Generation Y," could well become a lost generation. Generation Y member Froymovich examines the stories of a wide variety of people, including a graduate of Middlebury College now teaching in New York City and dealing with student debts and a 25-year-old Spanish journalist unable to find regular employment in his occupation. The author also cogently explains the underlying financial, economic and demographic trends currently under way. The daughter of immigrants who arrived in Brooklyn in the early 1980s, Froymovich compares her own experiences with those who entered the job market in the previous generation. In the U.S., the previous decade was the first since the 1940s when more jobs were lost than created. More than 17 million college graduates are working in jobs that do not require a college degree. In both the U.S. and Europe, unpaid internships, contingency contracts, temporary work and reduced salaries are replacing the higher-paid, longer-lasting jobs of just a few years ago, and many are choosing to delay household formation and marriage. Like others, Froymovich points to the counter-trend of half the world's labor force being located in Brazil, Russia, India and China and the foreseeable growth of a global middle class. She insists that maintaining America's competitive edge depends "on the construction of better policies" in education and the workplace. A forcefully written treatment of the plight in which an increasing number of people find themselves.
