Anya Kamenetz

Anya Kamenetz (born September 15, 1980 in Baltimore, MD) is an American writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine and a columnist for Yahoo! Finance. During 2005 she wrote a column for "The Village Voice" called "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young." The Voice nominated her for a Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for her work on a 2004 feature series of the same name. Her first book, "Generation Debt" (ISBN 978-1594489075), was published by Riverhead Books in February 2006. Her writing has also appeared in "New York Magazine", "The New York Times", "The Washington Post","Salon", "The Nation", the "The Forward" newspaper, and "Vegetarian Times". She is the daughter of Rodger Kamenetz, author of "The Jew in the Lotus" and other books on spirituality, and Moira Crone, fiction writer and author of "Dream State" and "A Period of Confinement". Kamenetz grew up Baton Rouge and New Orleans and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and Yale College. [cite web
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Reviews of "Generation Debt"

"Generation Debt" argues that student loans, credit card debt, the changing job market, and fiscal irresponsibility imperil the future economic prospects of the current generation, which is the first American generation not to do better financially than their parents. [cite web
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Some critics of Generation Debt have held that Kamenetz is not critical enough of her own perspective. A writer at Slate wrote, "it's not that the author misdiagnose [s] ills that affect our society. It's just that [she] lack [s] the perspective to add any great insight." [cite web
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first=Daniel ] Other critics praise the book. A reviewer at Index Credit Cards wrote, "It is well-researched, well-reasoned, and interesting enough that I didn't feel like putting the book down despite the battering ram of depressing news it offers. While one book won't change the underlying causes that threaten young people's prosperity, "Generation Debt" may help older generations understand the young, and help the young realize they're not alone." [cite web
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References

External links

* [http://anyakamenetz.blogspot.com Anya Kamenetz's blog]
* [http://www.gendebtthebook.com Generation Debt]
* [http://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/speakers.asp?1-4H5BC Anya Kamenetz Biography]