Demographics: Getting rid of stuff – pianos, hutches and fine China dishware
Due to an "inheritance glut" and other changes, pianos are now free, 8-10 place "fine China" place settings sell for $50, and few want Grandma's "hutch".
Opinion: Practicing Factfulness based on data.
Due to an "inheritance glut" and other changes, pianos are now free, 8-10 place "fine China" place settings sell for $50, and few want Grandma's "hutch".
Should we tax "unused rooms"? And what is a unused room?
"Boomers" are supposed to downsize to smaller homes. But the US has not built many smaller homes in most of the past 50 years.
Economy: Housing problems are all due to "boomers" because they are not moving to smaller homes. Reality: The US has not built smaller homes for 50 years.
If only someone would have mentioned what would happen with a shrinking fertility rate ...
It's been dropping in the US for 200+ years, and globally for at least 60 years.
Down by 20% over 13 years.
The media has a meme that home prices are high because "Boomers" are not downsizing. Except those 65+ are already in smaller homes - duh!
Climate anxiety causing end of humanity is leading the young to not having kids, leading to the end of humanity …
"Blue Zones" and the Blue Zone diet appear to have been based on bad record keeping and pension fraud leading to false claims of many centenarians.