Finance Chick says ‘growing crisis of the young American male’ could send home prices falling for years or even decades

[MatureDJ]

The ‘growing crisis of the young American male’ could send home prices falling for years or even decades, says the ‘Oracle of Wall Street’

Meredith Whitney says demographic shifts will ‘invert’ the housing market’s supply/demand dynamic.

finance.yahoo.com

That's right, you guys - now you gotta "man up" and buy all these expensive houses!

 

[The Duke]

Wait a minute...I thought women didn't make as much as men. How will they be able to afford a house?

 

[BaronOfHair]

What's astounding is that so many contemporary pundits act as if this "crisis* of The American Male" is anything new

Man Troubles

Making sense of the men's movement.

reason.com

Note what's said in the first few minutes here

This was written during the late 80s-early 90s




*RJ Samuelson's sage observation about our contemporary usage of the word "crisis" is instructive here:

"Few words are more overused in our debates than “crisis.” We have many — the education crisis, the inequality crisis and the environmental crisis, to name just a few. The word suggests an impending calamity unless we take instant action. The reality is that most crises are not calamities. They’re stubborn problems that, for one reason or another, defy a sweeping solution. Life goes on. The “crisis” label is mostly a public-relations device designed to attract attention"

Same thing is true of "men's issuues". Most of these troubles are complicated subjects for which there are no true "solutions", so much as there are various ways to reduce human suffering, and increase access opportunities for one and all