The Millennial Stimulus Plan

How young people will supercharge the recovery

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Derek Thompson Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the Work in Progress newsletter.

Millennials got a bad rap during the recession. They have been working less, earning less, and, as I’ve pointed out in this magazine before, buying far fewer houses and cars than their parents did—or than the economy needs them to in order to move forward. But all of this is poised to change. In the near future, these same young people may be the very ones to supercharge the recovery. How? By growing up.

Do Millennials deserve the criticism they get? NowThis News presents a brief look at how earlier generations fared.

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