Which generation has it the worst: Boomers, Millennials, or Gen Z?

They absorbed the worst mix of housing unaffordability, student debt, weak early-career labor markets, and delayed wealth-building.

They got squeezed by entering the workforce in the Great Recession, then faced housing prices and student debt that far outpaced wage growth, delaying wealth-building more than Boomers (who benefited from cheap assets) or Gen Z (still early).

They entered the housing and labor markets during major recessions with high student debt and stagnant wages.