5 May

I call Gen X the sandwich generation. Sandwiched between the boomers and millenials, taking the worst financial hit of ageing societies while having to plan and fund much of their upkeep as the population ages. Massive wealth transfer from boomers to younger generations will also mostly pass Gen X by during their key working years while raising children. As the chart says, they took the brunt of these massive demographic shifts. It will be largely Gen X who determines whether our societies survive, and it will be mostly invisible work happening right now.