Baby Boomers

The Sandwich Generation

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A recent article describes a societal challenge that represents a major convergent force. I have portrayed this challenge as a shift in our traditional life segments – from four to five. Here is a summary of the article:

As we approach 2030, the world braces for a significant demographic shift. In the United State alone, 10,000 Americans will hit the age of 65 every day. This surge in the elderly population underscores a pressing global concern regarding our readiness to provide adequate elder care, a responsibility often shouldered by the adult children of aging parents. This phenomenon has coined the term “sandwich generation,” referring to individuals who find themselves simultaneously caring for elderly parents and raising their own children.

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The Great Wealth Transfer: Fact Or Fiction?

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In a post from 2019, I described what some were calling the greatest wealth transfer in history. I pointed to an  Article that positioned the next two decades in the United States as an unprecedented shift of demographics and finances. Baby Boomers were born between 1944 and 1964, and according to that article, this generation is expected to transfer $30 trillion in wealth to younger generations over the next many years: what some have called the “great wealth transfer.”

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The Aftermath: The Last Days Of The Baby Boom

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I finished reading my latest book titled The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America. I thoroughly enjoyed the book – and not just because I am a boomer. The baby boom began in the middle of 1946 and ended in 1964. The generation drove a rapid expansion of the population – over the 19-year period, 76 million babies were born.

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Wall Street Is Going Green

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Wildfires burned nearly 10.4m acres across the US last year. The most costly thunderstorm in US history caused $7.5bn in damage across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. As the climate crisis swept the globe on a biblical scale it left in its wake a record number of billion-dollar disasters.

Dominic Rushe – Reading the writing on the wall: why Wall Street is acting on the climate crisis
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The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History

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We spend so much time focused on disruption driven by advancement in science and technology – that we can lose sight of the massive amount of societal factors to be considered. When looking at the interplay between an exponential progression of innovation and those factors that impact society, we can see that the impacts run in Both Directions.

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