meierlde
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Here is my sentiment.
Compared to when my parents were my age, I think the finance every John and Jane have to deal with nowadays is much more complicated. In the old days, you went to work, did your work, got paid, saved a little money, and got your company pension and social security after you reached your retirement. (I know I am simplifying things, but you probably didn't need a high IQ to navigate to old age as much as we do now....) I know people invested money too, but not to the extent we do now. In this modern day and age, everyone needs to know a lot about finance. They cannot just go to work, and get paid and go their married ways..
That was during the golden years when the US was the only real game on the block. In addition a large part of the worlds population was walled off from our economy. If you go back to the generation of our grandparents, you worked until you dropped. Pensions were only invented in the late 1880s and spread slowly. Social security was not around effectively until the 1940s etc.
Perhaps society is reverting to the type of society we had before the 1930s where one was much more on ones own.