The current pension age of 66 is set to rise to 67 by 2028.
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Increasing life expectancy and falling birthrates means many of us may have to keep working until beyond 71 years of age.
The Conversation, Hachette Book Group, Bloomsbury.
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Fans who were girls in the era of Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Twilight are now the women who have powered the success of Barbie and the Eras Tour.
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Europe’s ageing population means that Generation Z stands to inherit huge amounts of property in the coming years, resulting in reduced demand for mortgages.
Is it avocado toast or high interest rates that have prevented so many young people from buying homes?
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Granger, who died in December 2023, is credited with making avocado toast fashionable. Little did he know that his lasting legacy would inspire a meme that symbolized generational tension.
Libraries can be an oasis from doomscrolling and information overload.
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Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places?
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Genuine love holds immeasurable value, yet discovering it can pose challenges — and come with a significant price tag.
Anders Hayward and Conleth Hill in Adults.
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Kieran Hurley’s new play treads the familiar debate of millennial precarity versus boomer affluence with verve and insight.
A prenup allows couples to separate their debt from the debts of their spouse.
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A prenuptial agreement can help millennial couples navigate concerns about student debt in their marriage.
That’s a lot of potential voters behind Swift at her Denver concert on July 14, 2023.
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Pittsburgh’s mayor renamed the city ‘Swiftsburgh’ when the singer’s tour hit town. He’s not the only politician who has publicly fawned over the star.
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Generational faultlines are made visible by the way we use punctuation and text formatting in online communication. Tone of voice is a tricky thing to convey.
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Since the 1980s, Australia’s housing market has become a ‘closed shop’ that expands the wealth of existing home owners and investors. Alison Pennington traces the changes – and suggests another way.
More of us now own indoor plants.
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New research finds that some common houseplants take in nutrients from outside the soil.
For many young people, arcades and board game cafes are replacing traditional pubs and bars.
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Younger people are spending more on experiences, and cutting back on alcohol.
All the rage: bunny balaclavas from fashion chain Ambush to help Chinese youth celebrate the Year of the Rabbit.
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For China’s new youth generation, shopping has become an outpost of politics.
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The gradual changes in voting behaviour represent an existential crisis for the Liberals going forward.
Several groups have opposed President Joe BIden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of student debt.
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A scholar who studies the morality of debt argues why canceling some student debt is fair.
About 30% of Gen Z adults needed help from a food bank or other charity to get enough food in 2022.
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About a third of American adults in Generation Z lack the money or resources needed for reliable access to nutritious food.
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Newer apps like Thursday prioritise meeting in person over possibly endless online chat.
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The extraordinary increase in house prices and debt means mortgage rates of 7% would be as painful to borrowers today as rates of 17% were decades ago.
New research suggests that for millennials and Generation Z, a lack of rules around love and dating brings both loss and liberation.