Is this the new story of our times?

Article. I read this and wonder. I go back and forth when I get the opportunity to give advice to young people about to decide what to do with their careers. Sometimes I say, "Do what you love, the rest will work itself out." Other times I defeatedly say, "Get a law degree, kid.. fuck science. NO money." And reading this article just makes me even more confused. Is it really social inequity that keeps me from being able to make ends meet.. and I'm not even doing anything THAT idealistic right now. Sure, I'm going to grad school to study the oceans and climate change, but right now, I'm doing environmental consulting. Don't let the 'environmental' in that title confuse you - what I do consists of mostly industrial enabling. We help people clean up their messes, sure, but at the lowest cost and just baaareeley enough to keep the agencies and regulators off their backs. Sell out I am, but broke nonetheless. I could have taken a job similar to my father's - working as a pipeline inspector and make twice the salary I make now. Only then would I really be able to 'make it' in the current economy. Teachers can't make it, young researchers can't make it. WTF? Are these people jsut young yuppie primadonas that are whining their way into debt? Certainly some of them are, but not all. I have wondered about my individual plight through mediocre salary and massive student debt, and if I skrewed up somehow. It seems I'm in a boat with a lot of people, and we're all drifting along hoping for a break. Well, anyway, I've decided to go back and do what I love. I'll be broke some more, and may never make enough money to be very comfortable. But fuck it, who else is going to save the world?