Generational Financial Challenges and Changes

This chapter contrasts retirement and financial security in modern America with that of the 1950s, noting improvements in the financial landscape for seniors despite longer retirements. It examines the workforce dynamics affecting younger generations, millennials and Gen Z, and highlights alarming trends in life expectancy and deaths by despair. The discussion also includes a lighthearted look at college life, illustrating the shift in academic pressures over the decades.