63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that

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63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that
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Yes, because women generally didn't work. That's a terrible metric.

But that's the argument people are making, that you could live better on one income in the 50s. But actually, not really. You would have less money, even if you include inflation. People these days have higher rates of home ownership, car ownership, TV ownership than people in the 50s.

Look at ANY metric of "having money or stuff" and people today are better off