Alicia Thomas, 20, had it all planned out: career at a nonprofit, married by 24, mortgage by 26.
Then financial markets went on a wild roller-coaster ride, portending that high unemployment and the stalled economy won't be rebounding any time soon. Call it Generation Vexed — young Americans who are downsizing expectations in the face of an economic future that is anything but certain. Career plans are being altered, marriages put off and dreams shelved. Americans ages 18 to 29, found that three-quarters of them expect to delay a major life change or purchase because of economic factors. Read more at:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-youth-debt-20110814,0,2047766,full.story
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