Generational Job (Un)Fair

Entry level workers (young people) and exit level workers (old enough but too poor to retire) frequently compete for the same McJobs... And the Planet Money team explored the possibility that multiple generations of the same family might be among those who want to don those paper hats & hairnets.

Audio: Morning Edition 7/16/10, Reporters: Chana Joffe-Walt and Robert Smith.

Last year, about 6.6 million U.S. households had at least three generations of family members, according to Census figures...
Most living together of economic necessity, not out of choice.