Gen Z/Generational issues – Page 2

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Economy: The end of free trade

2026 March 11

Globalization went wild from the 1980s to 2020s. Now we've gone full protectionism. Older workers pay the costs of this flip, at both ends.

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Economy, Gen Z, Demographics: Home Price to Income Ratio

2026 March 10

A popular social media meme is that the home price to income ratio has exploded. But it has an incredibly obvious error ... take a look.

Education Everything is Untrue Finance Gen Z/Generational issues Personal finance Policy/Government

Education: 26-40% of education loan recipients admit spending on non-educational expenses

2026 March 9

26-40% of education loan borrowers admit spending their loan money on non-education activities, experiences, travel and luxury goods.

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Personal finance: You get rich by not spending-who knew?

2026 March 2

Wealth is created by earning, saving and investing. Not by spending money on "stuff" that mostly gets stored and seldom used. Also simplifies your life.

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Economy: “18% of California homes change hands via inheritance”

2026 March 2

And this is likely explained by the large baby boom cohort now hitting age 80 and passing away, in a state with Prop 13 property tax benefits.

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Economy, Demographics: Are young men under 30 doing worse today than 3-4 decades ago?

2026 February 28

Per economist Marian Tupy, young men are doing much better today.

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Gen Z: Decline in home ownership due to a change in personal values?

2026 February 21

Media and social media posts compare home ownership percentages of young cohorts in the 1980s and today and conclude it's due to price. May be not.

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Demographics: Having kids when parents are age 40+

2026 February 20

Social media says the demographic cliff isn't a big deal, people can just have more kids over 40. Probably not.

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Demographics: Chart illustrating the dramatic change in teens working part time

2026 February 19

Nice Federal Reserve chart showing teen labor force participation rate (age 16-19) from the past to the present.

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Generations: We don’t have data on Gen Z home buying

2026 February 17

because the sample sizes are too small. Gen Z is age 13-28 and few are to the age of being home buyers. However, we can do some inference...

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Economy: The end of free trade

Economy, Gen Z, Demographics: Home Price to Income Ratio

Education: 26-40% of education loan recipients admit spending on non-educational expenses

Personal finance: You get rich by not spending-who knew?

Economy: “18% of California homes change hands via inheritance”

Economy, Demographics: Are young men under 30 doing worse today than 3-4 decades ago?

Gen Z: Decline in home ownership due to a change in personal values?

Demographics: Having kids when parents are age 40+

Demographics: Chart illustrating the dramatic change in teens working part time

Generations: We don’t have data on Gen Z home buying

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