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.
Demographics: Greece’s Demographic collapse
Much of Europe (and elsewhere) are on a path to de-population the remainder of this century.
Demographics: Not exactly ->”Boomers” have all the big homes
"Big homes" doesn't mean what I thought it meant. Anything with 3 or more rooms is a "big home".
Education: 62% of Univ of Vermont students are female
62% Female, 38% Male. Nationally, the ratio is near 60% female, 40% male. No one knows why: How gender disparities are affecting men (msn.com) The disparity has been in place…
Demographics: Those born ’57-’64 saw peak earnings by about age 45
Youngest Baby Boomers’ Pay in the US Peaked When They Hit 45 After that, earnings flat lined or even went down. (There is no age discrimination in the U.S.?)