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Can I get some further reading or a citation on that? That really runs counter to every thing I've been hearing. Insofar as I can tell, my prospects as a "mille
by 67726e 10y ago
Can I get some further reading or a citation on that? That really runs counter to every thing I've been hearing. Insofar as I can tell, my prospects as a "millennial" are shit. I've definitely heard that expected lifetime is going down. I'm also not sure how "spending" is going up if "disposable income" is down. Especially when there was something posted the other day about how folks are earning less than their parents.
- legitster 10y agoWe are specifically talking about quality of life though, which is not income. Here's one on leisure time: https://www.bostonfed.org/-/media/Documents/Workingpapers/PDF/wp0602.pdf https://www.bostonfed.org/-/media/Documents/Workingpapers/PD... You can find these for a ton of different metrics. As an anecdote: when my father was my age, he was married, worked three jobs, had to build his own house, didn't have A/C, did his own car repairs, didn't have consistent heat, didn't have a TV. Maybe he made more money on paper, but I feel I definitely have it easier.