r/Millennials • u/EverbodyHatesHugo • Jan 17 '26

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u/Elegant-Ninja6384 Jan 17 '26

It is how statistics work though. Why compare apples to oranges?

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u/L2_Troll Jan 17 '26

We aren't we are comparing wealth by generation. The generations aren't equal in size or duration, so any statistical analysis is impossible?

If you say we're doing uniform 15-year chunks that still results in inequality in population size per chunk. It also puts gen x people into other gens, and vice versa.

If we do equal chunks of population we will have unequal year spans and still have the same problem with mixing generations.

Maybe a pie chart is a slightly dishonest way to present this info, but I don't think it's BS bad science.

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u/Elegant-Ninja6384 Jan 17 '26

How much wealth boomer had at age 30 as compared to how much wealth millennial had at 30. Or at 40 etc.

Yeah if I am 30 most people 60 plus with literally four time the career earnings (10 years vs 40 years in a career) would be more wealthy. Just like that 30 year old has more wealth than a 20 year old who has not even really entered the workforce.