Economy: The middle class is shrinking
But this is actually good news
Demographics, Economy: Trends in women’s participation in the workforce
History of women's participating in the labor market.
Demographics
Doomerism
Economy
Finance
Gen Z/Generational issues
Media
Nation of Idiots
Personal finance
Stupidity
Economy: Mega lifestyle inflation
The NY Times writes a sob story about couples who can't afford to have a child. It's actually a story about lifestyle inflation.
Demographics: “It takes $400k/year to have 2 kids in childcare”
97-98% of households with kids in the U.S. have an annual income of less than $400,000 per year, kind of disproving this study.
Real estate: NAR’s 2025 home purchase data
The NAR press release on home buyer attributes has some issues ...
Health: Covid “pro masking” scientists say cloth and surgical masks never worked
That is quite the flip flop.
Health: Why do more people have knee replacement surgeries today?
Why do we see many more total knee replacement surgeries today than in the past?
Computing: Storing data in ordinary glass
Microsoft researchers have invented a way to store data in relatively common glass, for up to 10,000 years.
Demographics: “More elderly are sharing housing with others due to costs”
"1 million of those age 65+ are living with unrelated roommates" or about 1.6% of those age 65+.
Economy, Gen Z, Demographics: Share of household income spent on food
We spend a lot less of our income on food prepared at home. And while down over time, its trending upward - because more is now spent eating out.
Economy: Housing units per population
Amid claims that we don't have enough housing in the U.S. is this chart showing that the housing units per population is at an all time high.
Demographics
Doomerism
Economy
Gen Z/Generational issues
Nation of Idiots
Personal finance
Policy/Government
Demographics: We must confiscate elder’s savings and kill them off
So says an actual Yale professor, Samuel Moyn
Education: As enrollment falls, costs per student go up
At a tiny district in California, the cost per student is $118,000 per student, per year.
Demographics: Oregon runs out of little kids
Over 5,000 fewer kindergartner's enrolled this year versus prior year.