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SuccessExpats are running away to Panama—they’re enjoying a better quality of life for 40% less than back home
By Jessica CoacciSeptember 26, 2025
Trump is rewriting the rules of who can afford college as Parent PLUS loans are capped or phased out
Personal FinanceTrump is rewriting the rules of who can afford college as Parent PLUS loans are capped or phased out
By Ashley LutzSeptember 24, 2025
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Success65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire
By Emma BurleighSeptember 16, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks CEO and founder Derrick Hayes
SuccessMultimillion-dollar restaurant CEO splurged on Range Rovers and McLarens—but now he’s ‘mindful’ about spending because the economy is unpredictable
By Emma BurleighSeptember 5, 2025
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SuccessAmericans think you should land your dream job by 29, buy your first home at 30, and earn six figures by 35—they’re in for a reality check
By Jessica CoacciAugust 27, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
SuccessBoomer NYU professor says Gen Z’s lazy label comes from zero faith in the payoff of hard work—and a fear that the world will end in 20 years anyway
By Emma BurleighAugust 26, 2025
The exact salary the ultra-wealthy say they’d need to feel ‘comfortable’ in the current climate has been revealed—and it starts at $500,000
SuccessThe exact salary the ultra-wealthy say they’d need to feel ‘comfortable’ in the current climate has been revealed—and it starts at $500,000
By Emma BurleighAugust 20, 2025
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SuccessSix-figure salaries aren’t cutting it: Even high-earners are feeling the pinch right now and shopping at budget grocery stores
By Emma BurleighAugust 1, 2025
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SuccessA quarter of young Boomers and Gen Xers who’ve been laid off in the last decade are still unemployed—and 11% have taken pay cuts to work
By Emma BurleighJuly 22, 2025
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SuccessAmericans are eyeing up €1 homes in Europe to escape the broken economy—no Visa needed, but it’s not all dolce vita
By Emma BurleighJuly 11, 2025
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SuccessSINKs need to earn at least $81,000 to live comfortably in America’s cheapest state—the most expensive require an $120,000 salary 
By Eleanor PringleJune 9, 2025
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SuccessGen Zers are so terrified of a recession that they’re ditching doom spending, ordering Happy Meals, and using ChatGPT for free therapy
By Emma BurleighApril 21, 2025
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SuccessGen Z can earn $70,000 a year and enter the AI-proof medical field without a college degree—all they have to do is learn how to sterilize surgical equipment
By Emma BurleighApril 18, 2025
Mel Robbins
SuccessMillionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back at Gen Z’s lazy label—she says they’re stuck in a world their boomer parents wouldn’t even recognize
By Emma BurleighApril 14, 2025
Young woman disappointed on her phone.
SuccessGen Z Americans say the clothes in stores are a bad omen that we’re going into a recession
By Emma BurleighMarch 31, 2025
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