Why young people are poor

America's youth is the victim of dirty dealing, says Bill Bonner.

Those poor young'uns. Run of bad luck, right?

Incomes going down. Jobs scarce. Growth at half the rate of the '50s and '60s or less. No more go-go in the housing market. No stock market gains in the aggregate... in at least 12 years. Households are poorer than they were 20 years ago... except, of course, households of the old and the rich.

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