Economy: Real estate prices
Interesting perspective on incomes versus home prices - will home prices collapse or incomes climb?
Demographics: Concerns over declining fertility rate is a “far right” issue
Concern over declining fertility rates is a far right, Christian fundamentalist, racist, anti-woke effort of bigots, says this report.
Education: College enrollment down by -15% over past ten years
College enrollment is down by about 15% over the past 10+ years.
Education: “Gap years”
"Gap years" after high school or college is supposedly the big new thing. Except it's not, and it mostly applies to the affluent.
Housing: Tiny Homes?
"Tiny homes" is a very tiny market, even when defining a "tiny" home as up to 600 sq ft in size.
Economy: Lots of stories that Gen Z has it awful
Except there’s this: Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich (economist.com) And this: Don’t feel too sorry for Gen Z — they’re outpacing boomers on income and millennials on home ownership (msn.com)…
Demographics: U.S. fertility rate falls to 1.62
U.S. fertility rate falls to 1.62. Population replacement level is 2.1. This has HUGE ramifications for our future.
Personal finance: Median retirement age is 62
Half of workers are retired by age 62, including many who had thought they would be working longer.
Education: The life and times of the elite students
Born in Honk Kong, studied at Yale, then Cambridge – a little elitist, are we? I studied at Yale and Cambridge University. The elite colleges offered me secret societies, maids,…
Demographics: A future of loneliness
True. As people grow old, their family support won’t exist.