When my editor asked me to write a column last week, I was at a loss. I hadn’t formed any money-related opinions lately, but I did recall avoiding (and eventually reading) that Atlantic piece.

It’s becoming annoying to read articles like that one, which (once again) highlight the miserable statistics about unemployment and underemployment among my generation and then try to end on a positive note. Really? We’re lucky because clothes are cheap?? Give me a break. (And a job!)

Read the whole piece at MyBankTracker.com.