When Boomers went to college, college tuition was lower relative to incomes, so more were able to pay for their education while working part-time jobs. The easiest way to piss off a Millennial or a Gen Z’er is to say something like “In my day, we just worked our way through college.” Well, in the Boomers’ day the University of California was tuition-free for state residents. Overall, the cost of attending college has more than doubled since the first Boomers arrived on campus in 1964, even after correcting for inflation (see Figure 5.27).
