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For historic perspective:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distr...

Only seems to go back to 1989 though.

This graph is more informative than the article and effectively refuses its thesis. 40-55s are more threatened than under 40s.

It does seem like Gen X is going to get shafted a bit harder than others. Boomers are the richest cohort in history and their children are the Millennials; they may be on the poorer side now, but they do stand to inherit if end-of-life care doesn't soak it up first.

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