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Gen Xers and boomers are giving up on hybrid work: They're either all in or out on the office
Workers aged 50-64 are most likely to be fully on-site or work from home full time, new data shows,…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlower
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Ready or not, the youngest boomers are retiring
Peak boomers' retirement struggles might end up being a wake-up call for younger generations.
Jordan Parker Erb
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Baby boomers have been America's secret weapon for fending off recession
The retiring generation is pumping $76 trillion of savings into the economy, helping the US stave o…
Filip De Mott
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I'm a millennial and one of my best friends is a boomer. It's helped me gain perspective about aging.
Having a friend from a different generation has helped me gain perspective about things. We go to t…
Kelly Burch
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A boomer couple who retired early to Colombia explains their 'exit strategy' and how much they now pay in monthly expenses
John and Susan Pazera said moving abroad was the only way they could have an early retirement.
Ayelet Sheffey
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A boomer who struggled to afford retirement in the US moved to Costa Rica and said money is much less of a concern
Cheryl Sands moved from Illinois to Costa Rica earlier this year, fearing retirement costs in the U…
Noah Sheidlower
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A boomer couple lives on Social Security and receives $23 a month from SNAP for food: 'How are we to survive?'
Mary Dacus and her husband live paycheck to paycheck on their Social Security income. They struggle…
Allie Kelly
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A boomer moved from Texas to Missouri for her retirement thinking everything would be cheaper. She was 'so wrong.'
A boomer partly regrets moving from Dallas to St. Louis due to unexpectedly higher living costs, th…
Noah Sheidlower
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A baby boomer who saved over $2 million for retirement explains what he thinks he did right to make the system work for him
Mark, 65, was one of the first group of retirees to switch to a 401(k) from a pension. He made it w…
Juliana Kaplan
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Millennial vs. boomer budgets: How spending has changed for young adults in the last 30 years
Young adults are spending less on alcohol, beef, and mortgage interest and more on fresh produce, r…
Madison Hoff
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The housing shortage is getting no help from aging baby boomers
78% of surveyed baby boomers are not planning to sell their home, citing financial reasons for stay…
Filip De Mott
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You can thank the baby boomers for the stunning strength of the US economy
Instead of a recession, the US economy has seen resilient job gains with growth trending at just ov…
Matthew Fox
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Gen Z students lead pro-Palestine demonstrations while their Boomer professors see parallels to past protest eras
Indiana University has cracked down on pro-Palestine student protestors. A baby boomer and Gen Z de…
Hannah Getahun
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After my boomer husband retired, we moved to a bigger house. We now have space for our hobbies and grandchildren to visit.
After my husband retired we decided to move to a bigger house instead of a smaller one. We now have…
Melody Wren
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How a peak boomer who moved from Texas to a tiny home in New York lives 'perfectly comfortably' on less than $30,000 a year
Sam Mitchell lives comfortably in a tiny home in upstate New York making less than $30,000 a year f…
Noah Sheidlower
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Beyoncé's covers are landing Boomer country artists in the ears of Gen Z
Beyoncé's first country album "Cowboy Carter" features covers of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and The Be…
Hannah Getahun
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A boomer who lives on Social Security worries she won't get hired because she can't afford a car: 'I don't even have $1 in my wallet.'
Virginia Hambrick, 66, fears she may need to go back to work but also can't afford the necessary tr…
Allie Kelly
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Don't feel too sorry for Gen Z — they're outpacing boomers on income and millennials on home ownership
The median 25-year-old earns a real household income of over $40,000 after taxes and transfers, mor…
Theron Mohamed
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From Gen Alpha to boomers, we asked 6 therapists what each generation is talking about in therapy
In 2022, almost a quarter of US adults visited a psychologist, therapist, or psychiatrist. But what…
Kim Schewitz
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My baby boomer parents gave me great financial advice. They taught me to budget and helped me open a checking account at 13.
I'm Gen Z and grew up with baby boomer parents. They gave good financial advice and it's shaped how…