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But as an early baby boomer, he grew up in a time when the nation was steeped in anti-communism.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
More men than ever are taking care of their elders, and as the massive baby boomer generation gets older, everyone will have to chip in.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The "baby boomer" owners of about six million American small and medium-sized companies will retire between now and 2035, says a report this year from business consulting firm McKinsey.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
He is a billionaire who loves gold, an American who loves McDonald’s, a white guy who loves Creedence Clearwater Revival, a baby boomer who’s got beef with low-flow toilets.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was always ready to openly display the emotion so often missing from my baby boomer generation.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
And even when accounting for these people, Germany has an ageing population as the baby-boomer generation increasingly retires, and the nationwide birth rate stays stubbornly low.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Harley-Davidson HOG -5.19%decrease; red down pointing triangle spent years doubling down on its baby-boomer base with expensive cruisers and touring bikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The company sees a total addressable market of $400 billion, retail and institutional, and believes that it will be a key beneficiary of the baby-boomer wealth transfer.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
Gen Z and millennial workers would see their spending gap become a financial surplus, while Gen X and baby-boomer workers would see their projected spending gaps reduced significantly, the firm said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its aftermath of supply chain disruption, has been central in convincing Italian baby-boomer business owners that the time was right to let outsiders into their closely held companies.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2023
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