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Crypto
A Yale professor says America is now an ‘oldigarchy’—and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged
By Nick LichtenbergJuly 12, 2026
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Success
A quarter of young baby 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 4, 2026
Social Security is headed for a day of reckoning, and Congress is running out of time to save boomers. Lawmakers are proposing some hard choices
Economy
Social Security is headed for a day of reckoning, and Congress is running out of time to save boomers. Lawmakers are proposing some hard choices
By Jason MaJune 28, 2026
One chart explains the economy’s terrible baby boomer hangover, Gen X’s invisibility, and millennial and Gen Z irrelevance
Economy
One 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 Estate
A 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
Success
A 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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Economy
The 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?
Economy
Boomers 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
Law
A $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
Success
Gen 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
Male baby boomer looking worried
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)
Economy
10,000 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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Success
As 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 & Entertainment
Why 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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