Education: Student loan debt by age
The term “student loan debt” and how news reports about debt are illustrated, has you picturing a young 20-something overburdened by debt. But that is not who has the largest…
Economy, Demographics: Teen employment, over time
The % of teens who work during school may have cut in half from the '70s/'80s to the present.
Economy: Average U.S. home size by decade
People complain about today's homes costing more than in the past - but today's homes are almost twice the size of those in the 1970s!
Demographics: Older adults should rent their spare bedrooms or downsize
Older adults should be encouraged (forced?) to downsize and get out of homes with spare, unused bedrooms, says housing expert.
Economy: US unemployment over time
Interesting, maybe coincidence, but peak unemployment in the 1980s and around 2010 possibly due to demographics?
Demographics: China’s population to cut in half by 2100
The global population bomb continues - and it's not the bomb Erlich proclaimed in 1968. He had it all wrong.
Economy: Housing prices
1 in 3 say they will leave the U.S. (they won't), and Trump proposes deportations. If this happens, home prices will fall dramatically.
Education: The looming 3-year Bachelor’s Degree
Could 3-year Bachelor degrees replace the 4-year degree? Yes.
Personal finance: “Living paycheck to paycheck”
Several times per year, the media runs stories about everyone living "paycheck to paycheck". For many reasons, these stories are mostly bogus.
Personal finance, education: The worst college degrees
Once again, the annual worst college degrees, based on salary. Same every year.