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Gen Z and Financial Nihilism

is it really different this time?

kyla scanlon
Jul 13, 2023
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on changing times

This week I worked with David Lidksy on the cover piece for Fast Company - Why Gen Z is redefining the concept of job satisfaction. The piece walks through why Gen Z is thinking differently about work (something I’ve written about before) and how it’s ‘different this time’. I wanted to expand on the piece in this newsletter - talk about driving forces and where these forces might eventually lead us.

Other Things

  • Interview with Lyn Alden for Public

  • Bloomberg Opinion - If the economy is getting better, why are the vibes so bad?

  • Yahoo Finance Interview

  • ABC News Interview

The Evolution of Work Along Generational Divides

“This generation doesn’t care about anything” is a phrase that is bemoaned by each generation about the one younger than them - usually meant to express the idea that the youth are drying up without any sort of passion behind them, or if they do have passion, it’s the wrong kind of passion!

  • And if they aren’t drying up, they are being too loud, too obnoxious, n…

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