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Economy
Gen X feels worse about the economy than Gen Z and millennials—and more than 70% fear running out of money more than death
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 1, 2026
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Personal Finance
Reality Bites for Gen Xers doing retirement math: just 49% say they’re on track, the worst of any generation
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 25, 2026
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Personal Finance
Boomers are collecting Social Security. Gen X and millennials doubt it will be there for them
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 7, 2026
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North America
Where Americans are moving by generation, according to U-Haul: Boomers pick the Carolinas, Gen Z picks Texas and California
By Andrew McGowanOctober 3, 2026
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Success
Gen Z is the most likely generation to use AI for learning—but 57% say they struggle to apply what they learn
By Tatiana SatauaOctober 1, 2026
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Success
‘We are going to start looking a lot more like Europe’: Millennials are living at home into their 30s, signaling a major shift
By Emma BurleighSeptember 29, 2026
Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your job
Success
Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your job
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 24, 2026
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Success
1 in 3 Gen Z and millennials are stuck in their parents’ home—now, Airbnb is swooping in with a $250 million fund for affordable rental homes
By Emma BurleighSeptember 16, 2026
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Personal Finance
Billionaire wives are about to inherit a huge slice of the $6.6 trillion great wealth transfer—and 1,235 women stand to cash in by 2035
By Emma BurleighSeptember 3, 2026
This Gen Xer spent 28 years in a cubicle and never made more than $70,000. At 59, she made $500,000 in the creator economy
Success
This Gen Xer spent 28 years in a cubicle and never made more than $70,000. At 59, she made $500,000 in the creator economy
By Tatiana SatauaAugust 31, 2026
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Commentary
Why Gen X should stop planning around an inheritance that may never arrive
By Jon SabesAugust 30, 2026
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Success
After decades in the music industry, Pharrell Williams admits he never stops working: ‘If you do what you love everyday, you’ll get paid for free’
By Emma BurleighAugust 28, 2026
Actress Jennifer Garner
Success
Jennifer Garner cofounded a $732 million business at 45, and says her age came with perks: ‘I’m blissfully not motivated by needing to be in charge’
By Emma BurleighAugust 13, 2026
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Economy
The stock market may be doing so well that it’s causing more baby boomers and Gen Xers to drop out of the labor force
By Jason MaAugust 10, 2026
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Personal Finance
Great disappointment will follow the Great Wealth Transfer as baby boomers pass on just a fraction of their fortune to millennials and Gen Xers
By Jason MaAugust 8, 2026
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Politics
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