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A sobering report in the Sydney Morning Herald about the fortunes of Baby Boomers compared to the other generations.

Things are bad now with superannuation/ retirement funds, but with some expecting a more pronounced and protracted downturn in the months ahead this scenario could be a wake up call to all those about to retire. How best to protect whats left?

Here is an extract from the article;

YOUNG suburban families with mortgages and secure jobs are likely to be better off than they were a year ago, while sharemarket and superannuation losses have destroyed their baby boomer parents’ wealth.

As the Reserve Bank prepares to meet tomorrow to consider interest rates and the Bureau of Statistics prepares its next official jobs report for release on Thursday, economists say the economic downturn is not hitting everyone equally.

An economist at CommSec, Savanth Sebastian, said the impact of the economic slowdown had been hardest on baby boomers and easiest on generation X, provided they had kept their jobs.

“For generation X, I think you’ve already got some of that stimulus package. First-homebuyers are getting the boosted grant. If you’re still holding on to your job, and you’re not paying full price for anything, then you’re coming through this OK.”

Baby boomers, however, were those whose wealth in superannuation was destroyed. And the later generation Y cohort and school leavers faced the toughest jobs outlook as they sought to enter the workforce.

For the full story - Baby Boomers Hardest Hit

Like it, love it, hate it ….. there is no denying the impact that porn has had on the internet.

The porn industry has led to a number of innovations that have helped the rest of us mainstream people improve our overall internet experience. For example, did you realize that porn led to Online Payment Systems being developed! Where would we be without the shopping cart to take our grocery, shoe, music orders?

What about streaming content? How about Live Chat? And one I could do without, the dreaded Pop-Ups, Pop-Unders etc.

Well PC Web have a great article explaining the hows and whys of all this. Check out - Thank You, Porn! 12 Ways the Sex Trade Has Changed the Web for a full explanation. You might not think of the porn industry in the same light again!

The Last enrty hit the spot for me in slotting me - born in 1960 - to a group I feel more aligned with. It started me thinking of generational groups as a whole and wondering if those born in that period felt comfortable with the ‘tag’ they have been given.

Anyway here are the generations as per Wikipedia …. 1900 to present day.

Note: The following generations are listed in chronological order, but without specific birth year ranges.

* Interbellum Generation - those born at the dawn of the 20th century and who grew up during the 1920s.

* The Greatest Generation, the generation of veterans that fought and won World War II. They were born between World War I and the mid-1920s. Journalist Tom Brokaw dubbed this the Greatest Generation in a 1998 book of the same name.

* The Silent Generation was the generation who was too young to join the service when World War II started and prior to the end of the war. Many had fathers who served in World War I.

* The Baby Boom Generation was the generation born just after World War II, a time that included a 14-year increase in birthrate worldwide. Baby Boomers in their teenage and college years were characteristically part of the counterculture of the 1960s, but later became more ideologically divided, although the generation remained widely committed to keystone values such as gender equality, racial equality, and environmental stewardship.

* Generation X is the generation connected to the pop culture of the late 1970s to early 1990s they grew up in. Other names used interchangeably with Generation X are Reagan Generation, 13th Generation, and Baby Busters. Most of this generation are children of The Baby Boomers and The Silent Generation. Those born before 1973 spent most of their teen years in the 1980s.[2] The last of those in Generation X were born in 1981 and graduated high school in 1999.

* The MTV Generation are typically conceived as a “cusp” generation between Generation X and Generation Y that possess definable traits of both. While the music video and MTV rose to prominence during this generation’s formative period, it is also notable for being the last generation able to compare hardwired and analog technologies to wireless and digital technologies based upon personal experiences. They are also the last generation with personal memories of the Cold War era.

* The Generation Y, or the Millennials, are said to be dependent on digital technology. The start of this generation is marked by those born in 1982, or graduated high school in 2000. The end is far less clear, and can range anywhere from 1994 to 2003. It is in this generation that mobile phones, PCs and portable entertainment devices became affordable and readily available when the Gen Y-ers were in their teens or early 20s.

* Generation Z are modern children, born from somewhere in the second half of the 1990s to the present. In the early- to mid-2010s, the yet-to-exist generation after this will be born.

I think this comment deserves its own space…………. as I think it more accurately describes what I was driving at in my previous post about Baby Boomer Or A Cusper. So thanks rwty800 for the comment - and here it is;

Interesting blog you’ve got here. Congrats. Like you, I was also born into the generation between the Boomers and Xers, and relate strongly to it. This generation has finally got a name which has caught on in a big way, but it’s not “cuspers”! (Cuspers is a term which is used to describe those in between any two generations. It’s most often used these days to describe those between GenX and GenY. While Saltzman isn’t the first to use the term for those between Boomers and Xers, she is virtually the only expert who uses that term this way. Take a look on Google and you’ll see this is true.)

By contrast, The term “Generation Jones” has developed a big national (and international) following as a moniker for our long lost generation between Boom & X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term.

Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

Here’s a page with a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

And here’s a five minute video featuring dozens of America’s top political commentators discussing the importance of Generation Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ta_Du5K0jk

Now should I change my blogs name to Generation Jones Lifestyle!!??