Boomers hold $78 trillion in wealth.

That’s more than half of all wealth in America.
Held by 20% of the population.
Millennials hold $9 trillion.
That’s a smaller share of wealth than boomers had at the same age, adjusted for inflation.
Boomers bought homes averaging $25,000 in the 70s.
Same homes average $420,000 today.
Boomers paid $500 a year for college.
Same degree costs $35,000 a year now.
Boomers retired with pensions averaging $2,800 a month for life.
We get a 401k and a prayer.
It’s not that boomers worked harder.
It’s that they worked in an economy built to reward the work.
We’re working in one built to extract it.
Same effort. Different math. Completely different outcome.