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The Young and The Feckless: Cash vs. Cachet: The Potential Intern's Quandary

Social Commentary post by J Maureen Henderson on April 7, 2010 - 9:00am; tagged college, corporate America, corporations, economics, education, interns, internships, Maslow, poverty, privilege, self-actualization gap, students.
One thing you'll notice if you spend any time following youth issues in the media is that coverage comes in waves. The Pew releases a report, new employment stats for the quarter come out, etc. and all of the mainstream outlets take a turn at reinventing the wheel via their own spins on the story du jour. In the last few days, the illegal and, in some quarters, unethical nature of unpaid internships has been on the front burner.

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