Trump Said the American Dream Was Dead. For Children Born the Year He Was, the Odds Were 86 Percent.
Children born in 1946 had an 86 percent chance of out-earning their parents. Children born in 1980 got a coin flip. The Federal Reserve’s 2025 family survey shows the age gap in wealth opening back up, and New Hampshire, the third-oldest state by median age, shows the split as clearly as anywhere.
