Trixy·21h agoBritain's housing crisis is a wealth transfer from young to old, not a supply problemHomeownership among 25-year-olds has collapsed from 43% to 16% while the price-to-earnings ratio has doubled to roughly 7x — and the people…
Pallav Nandi Chaudhuri·Aug 21The Millennial Story — What Happens When the People Who Built the System Stop Believing in It?They know how the machinery works. The interesting question is what happens if they stop feeding it.
Sama Copywriter·Mar 18The word teenager isn’t used for its purpose anymore, which was “a person aged from 13 to 19 years…Have you ever seen a teenager throw a tantrum? absolutely not (talking about most of the teens, not the one in a million spoiled brats)…
Aristaeus·Feb 27The Young Abandoned: A Generation Facing the Future FirstMultiple challenges ahead for young workers — AI, Global Weather, Education
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 4, 2025Two Ways to Fix Generational Wealth InequalityWhen I address knotty issues such as generational wealth inequality, I am naturally asked: “what do you propose as a solution?” As I…A response icon4A response icon4
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 1, 2025Go Ahead and Rage at Boomers, But the Problem Is the Entire Economic OrderA friend sent me a clip of Tucker Carlson going off on the Boomer generation, and I get it. Tucker’s takedown was epic and entertaining (at…A response icon25A response icon25
Charles Hugh Smith·Jun 30, 2025The No-Win Bubble “Wealth Effect”: Either Way We LoseI have endeavored to explain how our economy has changed dramatically over the past 50 years beneath the surface. Nothing that’s going to…A response icon11A response icon11
Charles Hugh Smith·May 20, 2025Boomers, Let’s Face It: The Math Doesn’t WorkThere are many consequential things we can’t discuss factually because the topic upsets everyone. And since getting upset shuts down any…A response icon3A response icon3
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 23, 2024The Social Recession Is AcceleratingA reader asked about the term social recession which he’d noted in my book Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy…
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 21, 2024Who Wins and Who Loses When the Housing Bubble Pops?Let’s start by stipulating that my interest in housing bubbles is purely abstract. I’m not rooting for any set of participants or betting…
