With increasing automation and robotics, as well as a hyperconnected global labor pool, the future of work frequently comes up as an issue for Homelanders or Generation Z. After the Millennials was recently commissioned by the educational non-profit Knowledge Works to do a nation-wide generational...
When I first started studying the post-millennial generation my clients and readers were mostly interested in learning how to sell diapers, rattle toys and baby food to new parents and close family. As this generation is growing older, their needs are evolving too. No generation the size...
Like 71% of others in the United States I’d rather spend time dealing with my dentist than my financial institutions. Well, my dentist is also my husband, so I guess in my case this is no surprise, but you get the point. As a millennialized...
Last week I spoke at a conference in Madrid called “No Money”. It was hosted by Spain’s leading newspaper El Pais and was literally about the transition to a cashless society. Foregoing cash in the near future is no far-fetched idea since entire countries are...
The White House recently released a report where they labeled the youngest generation the “Homeland Generation”. A storm of speculations hit the internet soon after. How could the U.S. government choose such a paranoid and xenophobic-sounding epithet? Was this a creepy joke? Some claimed the...
In this post we will have a look at how the new economic realities since the recession are shifting consumer habits, and especially among the youngest generation. This is part 3 in a three-piece series on how the post-recessionary economy is affecting the youngest generation. In...
The previous post focused on how poverty affects child development and parenting practices. This part sheds light on how we might see the effects of economic deprivation in educational outcomes. For the first part, click here.In the next posts we will look into how increasing income...
Poverty or economic insecurity manifests itself directly and indirectly on child development. Here are just a few ways in which poor children suffer that privileged kids do not....
[caption id="attachment_2582" align="alignright" width="296"] The Great Depression - the last time life was particularly tough for poor families[/caption] Our youngest generation, the Homelanders is defined by the Great Recession. According to generational expert Neil Howe, this was the pivotal historic moment that allowed one generational archetype to be...
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According to psychologists who measure things like high rates of materialism, narcissism, the millennials have grown into adulthood with some serious personality problems which the baby boomers lacked. The entire nation is worrying about the present financial condition and the steps that the generations need to take in order to keep debts at bay. The analysts see a clash between the baby boomers and the young generation in accordance with the way they handle their finances and this is what is leading to a huge gap between the two aforementioned generations. While the current seniors are still in the process of learning how to handle their finances, the young generation is already suffering due to the wrong steps taken by them. The younger generation seems to be stressed over debt, thereby making savings a distant dream. The concerns of this article will deal with the different financial problems faced by the seniors and the young and the message that the seniors would love to pass on the young adults to save the economy from crushing.
