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One chart explains the economy’s terrible baby boomer hangover, Gen X’s invisibility, and millennial and Gen Z irrelevance
EconomyOne chart explains the economy’s terrible baby boomer hangover, Gen X’s invisibility, and millennial and Gen Z irrelevance
By Tristan BoveJune 26, 2026
Young couple standing in a brightly lit home
Real EstateA big look at the state of housing in America: Boomers won’t sell, millennials can’t buy, and Gen Z gets to watch the whole thing sort itself out
By Tristan BoveJune 24, 2026
Reassuring dad sits with frustrated adult son
SuccessA record 1 in 3 Gen Z and young millennials were still living with their parents in 2025—more than during the pandemic—despite most having a job
By Emma BurleighJune 22, 2026
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EconomyThe national debt’s 20-year deadline and baby boomers’ spending problem: ‘a lot of incentive for every generation to try to pass a big bill’
By Nick LichtenbergJune 21, 2026
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Success‘Work hard, stay loyal, and the system will reward you’: the Boomer credo is a Gen X betrayal and a Millennial pipe dream
By Nick LichtenbergJune 16, 2026
Boomers actually do hold most of the wealth and power. So why do they call it ‘whiny’ to point that out?
EconomyBoomers actually do hold most of the wealth and power. So why do they call it ‘whiny’ to point that out?
By Nick LichtenbergJune 14, 2026
A $200 million boomer estate, millennial heir Nick Reiner, and the dark side of the Great Wealth Transfer
LawA $200 million boomer estate, millennial heir Nick Reiner, and the dark side of the Great Wealth Transfer
By Nick LichtenbergJune 9, 2026
Young woman relaxing on sofa at home, scrolling smartphone
SuccessGen Z hiring manager says boomer bosses are right about her generation’s ‘attitude’ problem after a candidate took the interview from her phone
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 9, 2026
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Economy‘The golden years are not golden’: Boomers are hoarding most of America’s wealth and power because they’re terrified of outliving their money
By Nick LichtenbergJune 7, 2026
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing concerning the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Treasury Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Economy10,000 Boomers a day, $39 trillion in debt, and no benefit cuts: Bessent stakes Social Security on the Trump economy
By Nick LichtenbergJune 4, 2026
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SuccessAs loyal Boomers win and job-switching Gen Zers lose, the labor market of 2026 reveals a decade of bad career advice
By Nick LichtenbergJune 1, 2026
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Arts & EntertainmentWhy the economy forces boomers to work longer, then vilifies them for it
By Lee Ann Rawlins Williams and The ConversationMay 31, 2026
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Personal FinanceI wrote that Boomers were choking America’s economy. Their responses to me were revealing
By Nick LichtenbergMay 31, 2026
Grandparents saying goodbye to their loved ones at the door
EconomyThe pig in the python: Baby boomers are strangling the economy they built by refusing to move or retire
By Nick LichtenbergMay 25, 2026
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SuccessMillionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back at Gen Z’s lazy label—she says they’re stuck in a world their baby boomer parents wouldn’t even recognize
By Emma BurleighMay 23, 2026
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