This blog for the Baby Boom generation – the over 76 million baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964. My goal is to offer news, facts and insights about this diverse demographic group. As you might suspect, there is no shortage of subject matter.
Growing up a Baby Boomer wasn’t boring. Our life has included lunar landings; the Cuban Missile Crises; the civil rights movement; migration to the suburbs; the assassinations of JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King; drug experimentation; environmental awareness; the women’s movement; the cold war; bomb shelters; the Vietnam war; the draft; protests and riots; the Mustang; VW Vans; Walter Cronkite; the Beatles; Motown; Run-DMC; MTV; Woodstock; Easy Rider; MASH; Star Wars; go-go boots and mini-skirts; Nike; the pill; free-love; Playboy; TV dinners; transistor radios; color televisions; Steve Jobs; Nixon and Watergate and Reagan. And Clinton, Bush and Obama.
We’ve been the highest earning generation.
We own the most houses; 80% of boomers vs. 69% of the general population. Twas a very good thing until the housing bust.
We are well educated with 29% holding a bachelor’s degree and 45 million having attended some college.
We are the most traveled generation and now account for over 80% of all leisure travel.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that most baby boomers have not saved enough for retirement. Not remotely enough. More on this important and threatening situation in future blog posts and it is discussed in-depth in my book: “Boomercide: My Journey From Woodstock To Suicide” which will be published this fall.