Generation: Cooked

In this episode, I break down why younger generations are cooked when it comes to buying homes, starting a family, and learning skills. I compare wages, housing prices, mortgage rates, and purchasing power from 1983 to today, and explain how the relationship between income and the cost of living has changed. I also talk about the housing affordability crisis, college debt, investors buying up homes, and the pressure people feel to appear successful online even when many are buried in debt. I also get into generational tensions, why younger people feel like they’re starting further behind than their parents did, and how all of this connects to declining marriage rates, falling birth rates, and the growing sense that the economic system isn’t working the way it once did.

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