Economy: Finance “X” is cuckoo
X posts say the true poverty level is $140k/year and that earning less than $200k/ year is not living comfortably....
Business
Demographics
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Gen Z/Generational issues
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Nation of Idiots
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Gen Z: In 2019, the average age of Gen Z was 14 years old
This 2019 journalism'ish says Abercrombie was targeting Gen Z consumers with buy now, pay later ... who averaged 14 years old in 2019.
Update: 60-70% of consumers are “paycheck-to-paycheck” every year
In 2025, per Fortune, 40% of those earning $500,000 or more per year are living paycheck-to-paycheck which points to a spending problem as we have supersized or upscaled our lifestyles.
Economy: Median home buyer age likely 41 not 59
NAR claimed that the median home buyer age is 59, setting off a social media firestorem. But in reality, it may be 41, almost the same as the US population…
Demographics
Doomerism
Economy
Finance/Investing
Gen Z/Generational issues
Nation of Idiots
Personal finance
Stupidity
Social: X has become the Daily Doomer!
"Expert" says 75-85% of US households live in poverty. This is what passes for expertise in 2025!
Economy, Policy: Social Security has been in a downfall since the 1980s
The situation in the 1980s was exactly the same as today - with fears of SS running out of money in the 1980s. Here we are in 2025 and nothing…
Economy: Vox says Gen Z isn’t having the worst possible time in history
Social media says Gen Z is screwed and they are going through the worst time in history. Vox, though, says this is not true.
Personal finance: Perhaps this blog should focus on making wise economic choices?
The past few days, I've encountered people making poor economic decisions - that seem obvious, but for whatever reason, they were not obvious to the individuals.
Automation
Business
Emerging Technology
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Software
Software/Tech
Early spreadsheet and productivity software products
Early spreadsheets and integrated productivity software suites. I created one of those on this list.
Personal Finance: 40% of those earning over $500k are “living paycheck to paycheck”
Apparently those making a lot are financially illiterate, as their "wants" grow with their salary.
Education: Why “student loan” balances grow larger after making payments
Perhaps 20% of education loan borrowers owe more than their original loan - because they have no understanding of how loans work.
Economy, government: U.S. Government Debt
These charts are amazing and scary.
Personal Finance: Most American retirees doing “okay financially”
That is not the impression you get from the doomerism media, but the data shows 80-85% of retirees say they are doing okay.
Demographics
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Economy: The most important 40 minutes of your life
The most important video you can watch today. Or tomorrow or any day this year. If we do not act on our budget deficit problem, the U.S. will eventually collapse…
Where not to get stock advice?
Editor of Electrek.co boasts of selling all of his Tesla shares early in September. Since then, the share price is up by about $50/share.