Economy

A meme recently circulated on social media that had people in a tizzy: It claimed 52% of young adults live with their parents. If this is the first time you’re learning of this bewildering statistic, you’re probably jumping to one of two conclusions: The “cupcake trophy generation” clearly can’t hack it without mommy and daddy; […]

The following breakdown uses 2023 wealth data. Millennials are an interesting generation, because we usually discuss our avocado-toast-eating brethren as an economic monolith. We (mistakenly) assume all millennials are experiencing relatively similar economic hardships.  But there’s one group of millennials—a small, unique subset with specific similarities worth exploring—that are actually doing a lot better than […]

Imagine this: It’s Christmas Eve. You’ve worked hard all week, waiting until your PTO kicks in to fly back east for the holidays. You finally pack a suitcase, gifts in tow, and head to the airport, bracing for a week of fending off thinly veiled political antagonisms from an older relative. You figure you’ll grab […]

Disclaimer: I’m now referring to the blog posts in this Q4 chunk of publishing as my “personal finance angst” era, because when I wrote them in September, I was genuinely angered by the Fed’s decisions and how callous the goal of “unemployment” felt given the last 40 years of meager wage gains for the working […]