Pt. 2: Money, Millennials, & the Bizarre American Fever Dream: the Role of "Personal Finance Education" & Our Collective "Expectation Hangover" | Money With Katie Podcast
Last week to kick off this two-part special, we explored the culture, economy, and education systems that built the millennial generation. If you haven't heard the first episode yet, I recommend going back to start with that first (link
Today, we’re digging into how “financial literacy” shifts reality on its axis, who the “winners” and “losers” are in our economic era, and why scamming has become a quintessential millennial pastime (Fyre Festival, anyone?). To top things off, we’ve got a super thought-provoking conversation with Gabe Dunn of Bad with Money fame (link
It’s a veritable Magic School Bus ride through the wild terrain of 21st century America: Even the centimillionaire megachurch preachers and girlbosses squeezed into tiny seats and threw spitballs for a few stops.
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Mentioned in the Episode
Gabe Dunn's Stimulus Wreck: link
Malcolm Harris's Kids These Days: link
Study on financial literacy and retirement: link
UC Davis study on poverty: link
Money with Katie blog: The Paradox of Riches, Being Poor is Expensive: link
Pitchfork Economics' interview with the author of The Nordic Theory of Everything: link
2020 Census data: link
The Money with Katie Show episode on financial independence: link
Jacqui Shine of the Los Angeles Book Review: link
Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion: link
Trick Mirror review by Miriam Francisco: link
Graph on financial inequity in the US: link
CNBC feature on Jeff Bezos and the critique of billionaires: link
The Financial Independence Planner: link
Forbes Advisor study on medical graduate debt: link
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