40-Year-Old Deadbeat

At least partly because of the recession, more and more fully-grown people—ones you’d probably refer to as “Sir” or “Madam,” or at least as “adults”—are financially dependent on their parents.

Over at the NY Times “Room for Debate” blog, a bunch of academics and financial experts try to explain why so many people can’t—or simply won’t—support themselves.

Related Topics: families & children, financial independence, recession porn, Borrowing, Budgeting
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