TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoStudy: Are millennials worse off than baby boomers were at the same age?www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down120file-text
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minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up174arrow-down2·10 months ago Millennials are not all worse off than their baby boomer counterparts We find that the poorest millennials have less wealth than their baby boomer counterparts, but the wealthiest millennials have more. Good news everybody! The rich have gotten richer!
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up50·10 months agoSo almost all millennials are worse off, but Mark Zuckerberg is currently richer than Bill Gates, so we’ve got that going for us. Which is nice.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoThe canary generation. Half of them are ok the latter half are screwed. For gen z it will be 80% screwed.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoWelcome to America! All hail capitalism!
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·10 months agoMy parents were blue collar and I make what they made combined. Its not all just the rich, the math alone doesn’t bear that out.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoGood news everybody! This guy has anecdotal evidence!
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months ago the math alone doesn’t bear that out
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoIts literally in the article
Good news everybody! The rich have gotten richer!
So almost all millennials are worse off, but Mark Zuckerberg is currently richer than Bill Gates, so we’ve got that going for us. Which is nice.
The canary generation. Half of them are ok the latter half are screwed. For gen z it will be 80% screwed.
Welcome to America! All hail capitalism!
My parents were blue collar and I make what they made combined.
Its not all just the rich, the math alone doesn’t bear that out.
Good news everybody! This guy has anecdotal evidence!
All right, let’s see your math.
Its literally in the article