America is on the brink of an unemployment fiasco

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo illustration of a desk on a cliff's ledge.
Unless the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, the recent increase in unemployment is going to get worse.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

The era of cookie-cutter homes is over

Tech Insider
A bird looking at a strange birdhouse
In a hot housing market, the social media account 'Zillow Gone Wild' has made unique homes easier to find.

Tyler Le/BI

Gen Zers are relying on the Bank of Mom and Dad way past college

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of parents holding up a bridge for their child.
Parents are financially supporting their adult children well into their 20s. In a tough economy, Mom and Dad are the new safety net.

Rob Dobi for BI

Where did all the lifeguards go?

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports
A lifeguard chair on the beach.
Lifeguard shortages have devastated America's pools and beaches since 2020. It's not clear when the lifeguards will be back.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

America has a serious ugly home problem

Tech Insider : Economy
Older man looking with disgust at a row of nearly identical houses
The nagging discontent with the aesthetic of new homes reveals big problems with how they're built — and even larger flaws in the American dream itself.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

It's suddenly a whole lot harder to get a promotion

Tech Insider : Economy
Man in suit looking up at a red ladder leaning against a bar chart that is too short to be practical

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

America's crisis of meaningless work

Tech Insider : Economy
Image of a statue thinking and a briefcase.
Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.

Ricardo Tomás for BI

American workers are not all right.

How fertility clinics are scaring young women into freezing their eggs

Tech Insider : Economy
Fertility clinics are targeting Gen Z — and young women are paying the price.
Fertility clinics are taking to social media to tell young people the earlier they can freeze their eggs, the better. But that's not always the case.

Abanti Chowdhury/BI

The retirement Catch-22

Tech Insider : Economy
old worker worries about his job prospects
Age discrimination undermines Larry Fink's "solution" to the retirement crisis.

Getty Images; LinkedIn; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

From ALICEs to FIREs: Your complete guide to America's weird new tribes

Tech Insider : Economy
Toy versions of Geriatric Millenials, Peak Boomers, and FIRE

Jimmy Simpson for BI

Can you spot the difference between an ALICE and a HENRY? Are you too much of a dingus to know your DINKs? Would you ever consider joining the FIRE movement?

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