People who are 25 to 44 have experienced major turning points in this country’s history: The oldest of them were Reagan babies who launched their careers in the shadow of the Great Recession, and the youngest entered adulthood during a worldwide pandemic

This is the problem with the “ will always go up in the long run” mentality. Even if Wall Street recovers from the crashes, for the people who come into the job market in the middle of the crash, it hurts not just their prospects then but down the line as well. Hits to long term savings, stuck in dead end jobs, employment histories that are less likely to land higher paying jobs. All of which can contribute to these premature deaths that plague burgerland.