Lucky or Left Behind? The Gen Z Money Story
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Have we seen all this before? And it's just a kind of a phase that the world is going through. So we should take it seriously, and we are. We've put together a four-part series on this. Not a moanfest, not a, oh, bloody kids, moanfest or rant. Something that we hope is balanced because the picture is nuanced and it's complicated. So which is it? Is Gen Z lucky or is Gen Z left behind? That's what this series is going to investigate. So we brought in a journalist, Vicky Spratt, who first came to my attention when she wrote a very good book about housing, but who has spent the better part of a decade speaking to hundreds, hundreds of young people about these questions. So she's gonna be guiding us through four episodes and she's gonna be joined by specialists along the way.
Here's episode one, lucky or left behind? The Gen Z Money Story.
So let us set about this task at every level, radical improvement and reform for our children.
Freedom is a precious gift that one generation can pass to the next and a promise that I intend to keep. We know the importance of those early years and setting children up for a good life. Your dreams are our dreams. Gen Z. Gen Z. Gen Z. Gen Z. New report says Gen Z struggling with anxiety and uncertainty about the future. Mental health issues, depression, anxiety. Why is my heart pounding like I'm in war?
They're calling them Generation Jobless. The work ethic, it's missing in the younger kids.
I'm never gonna own a house. Absolutely when you're spending $40 a day on smashed avocado and coffee. Your generation is greedy and selfish. Generation Z are utterly useless. You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you? Change is coming, whether you like it or not. Welcome to The Rest is Politics, Dr. Eliza Philby. Great to be here. Eliza, Gen Z, in some ways, the most connected, informed generation in history. In others, being absolutely hammered by fiscal drag, by wage stagnation, student loans, high house prices. I could go on. How bad is it really?
I think... We are living through quite a momentous time. I mean, we all feel it, don't we? We all feel the sense that the script we were sold and were told has been upended.
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