Demographics: Maximum Social Security payout per person
The average beneficiary gets $24k/year, and about 6% get $40k or more, and 1-2% get $50k or more per year.
Economy: Why home prices are expensive
Because the government devalued dollars.
Economy: US median family income, over time
Much to most people's surprise, it's gone up.
Media doomerism: “Boomers” are going to be homeless
Except 79% already own their own home.
Why Social Security “runs out of money”
Lots of nonsense about Social Security is posted on X. This tries to set the record straight.
Generations: Younger generation wealth exceeds past generations
When comparing cross generation wealth at the same ages, something unexpected shows up .... contrary to the media memes.
Bogus chart: “American income vs home prices”
Expert promotes false comparison between old homes and today, ignoring vast differences in size, features and construction quality.
Economy, Demographics: Top 1% versus US poverty rate
Top 1% wealth vs US poverty rate. The poverty rate has gone down sharply as top 1% wealth increased.
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/Investing
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.
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+.
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
Demographics
Doomerism
Economy
Finance/Investing
Gen Z/Generational issues
Personal finance
Policy/Government
Policy: Does the US government spend 6x more on those 65+ than on ages 0-17?
True, by leaving out all the local and state spending. In the real world, spending is almost equal.