Lifestyle Creep: They make $500k/year and are struggling
They've chosen a lifestyle that costs $500k/year and are struggling.... hmmm
Never trust experts
The Baby Boom generation had an average of 1.9 to 2.1 children per family, not 3.2 as this CEO and economic advisor claims.
Autos: Plugin hybrids fail to deliver full benefit in real world usage
Study shows that PHEV owenrs operate their vehicles as PHEV electric vehicles far less than was assumed by the EPA. Many never plug into an outlet.
Drones: Homeland Security shot down a party balloon
Cartel drones over El Paso TX? Nope. DHS shot down party balloons with lasers. Fun times.
Economy: Gen Z, Millennials Spend up to $1000s per year on restaurant meal delivery
1 in 3 adults said they ordered take out restaurant food, delivered, at least once per week. No wonder they complain of a lack of money.
AI: Much of the MSN Start page is AI generated nonsense
The MSN Start page may be mostly AI generated slop that is frequently not even true.
Economy: “Home prices have quadrupled relative to income”
This finance influencer chart is bogus.
Mythical Growth of Hospital Administrators Chart
A widely disseminated chart purporting to highlight the growth in hospital administrators is bogus.
Media follow up: “Solar Storm, 22 states face blackouts”
No state suffered a blackout.
Economics: Economic illiteracy from our elite
Lindsay Owens, Ph.D. has been an economic policy advisor to Sen. Warren. Yet she does not understand the most basic of microeconomics. Truly embarrassing.
Media: Media gangs up on “Boomers”
The media has declared war on those born between 1946 and 1964 and just makes up stuff to spark generation bashing. It's really dumb.
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.
Demographics: Median ages of home buyers
Media meme that median age of today's first-time home buyer is 40 but was 29 in the 80s. But median age of US population was 29 in the 80s and…
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!