‘Retiring backwards’: How cold economic reality forced Gen X into something like the reverse of baby boomers’ golden years
Picture a 58-year-old getting the band back together, literal instruments, amplifier, van, and all, or dusting off a…
The average retirement savings in America by age 60: Are you ready to retire or way behind?
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Indeed chief economist: Aging Baby Boomers are America’s real labor problem, not AI
For 250 years, America benefited from one economic advantage so consistent it was easy to take for granted:…
Experts say Gen Z eats nearly twice as many snacks as boomers, shifting away from real meals
Americans may love to snack, but younger adults appear to be taking the habit to another level, according to…
Laid-off Gen Xers and young boomers are stuck—a quarter still can’t find work, 11% took pay cuts
Americans want to work longer to support themselves as the cost of living climbs and 401(k) benefits are…
Millennials Are Now Buying Blue Collar, AI-Proof Small Businesses
When Andrew Kurzrok’s wife, Michelle, became pregnant with their first son in 2023, he decided it was time…
Social Security faces a day of reckoning, and lawmakers are proposing some hard choices
Congress has long dodged any Social Security reforms that would cut benefits, hike taxes, or do both. But…
Boomer Grandpa Deliberately Fed Wheat To A Child With Celiac Disease, And His Mom Is Considering Pressing Charges
Some people still treat food restrictions like a personal challenge. As one mom on an online forum shared,…
The national debt’s 20-year deadline and baby boomers’ spending problem
Top economist Kent Smetters thinks the U.S. is on a 20‑year clock—and the tilt of the federal budget…
Boomers are hoarding most of America’s wealth because they’re terrified of outliving their money
The Baby Boomers have most of the wealth and power in America, so why are they so angry…
I wrote that Boomers were choking America’s economy. Their responses to me were revealing
I thought I was writing an interesting column about demographic changes and structural forces in the economy, but…
Inheritance Bullying Is Rising, Putting Homes and Wealth at Risk
Inheritance fights are largely believed to happen only after death: A will is read, a sibling feels slighted,…