Let’s keep Woody out of this
Why all the hate? What is with an anti-Baby Boomer movement that I seem to be seeing more and more of?
I turn the corner at the Barnes and Noble and all but smack right into a featured book called The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future. As you may have gathered, author Joseph Sternberg has quite a bone to pick with a whole generation of Americans. But rather than being a voice from the fringes, Sternberg is an editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal’s European edition. Huh.
And imagine my surprise when I read a movie review of Toy Story 4 (which I loved, by the way) and found that the reviewer looked at the actions of beloved animated cowboy Woody and cynically thought: “God, that’s such a baby-boomer move.” The bias gets worse from there, believe it or not.
So where do we go from here? Do we descend into a massive intergenerational squabble pitting stereotype against stereotype? I hope not.
I am a believer in organizations like Encore.org which seek to put disparate generations into more, not less, contact in their everyday lives. They capture a yearning on the part of many older people to invest in the next generation. And they give younger people insight into the lives and values of their elders. I see these efforts as the best way to bridge the generational divide.
No more overheated insults. And, please, no more picking on Woody.
To understand how much your financial advisor is getting paid, you have to ask the right question.
“What do you charge?” is not it.
When it comes to retirement income inadequacy, the United States is in plentiful company. According to a brand new World Economic Forum report, retirees in six major economies may outlive their savings by a decade, if not more.
What should we tell our adult children about a generous inheritance?
Gloria Vanderbilt’s message to her heirs was always clear.
