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 (
https://link.chtbl.com/022a2-MX).
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 (
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-with-money-with-gaby-dunn/id1144712710).
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:
https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/576815715/Stimulus-Wreck-Rebuilding-After-a-Financial-Disaster?utm_source=money_with_katie&utm_medium=press&utm_campaign=gaby_dunn_originals_june&utm_content=podcast_interviewMalcolm Harris's Kids These Days:
https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/will-collyer/kids-these-days/9781478992332/Study on financial literacy and retirement:
https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-019-0027-5UC Davis study on poverty:
https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/policy-brief/transitions-out-poverty-united-statesMoney with Katie blog: The Paradox of Riches, Being Poor is Expensive:
https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/the-paradox-of-riches-being-poor-is-expensivePitchfork Economics' interview with the author of The Nordic Theory of Everything:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capitalism-is-working-better-in-finland-with-anu/id1445901378?i=10005368404372020 Census data:
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2021/demo/p60-274/figure3.pdfThe Money with Katie Show episode on financial independence:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-with-katie-show/id1589146097?i=1000551967021Jacqui Shine of the Los Angeles Book Review:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/wont-get-fooled-again-malcolm-harriss-kids-these-days-human-capital-and-the-making-of-millennials/Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43126457Trick Mirror review by Miriam Francisco:
https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tolentino-refuses-simplicity-trick-mirror/Graph on financial inequity in the US:
https://realtimeinequality.org/?id=income&incomeend=03012022&incomefreq=monthly&incomegroups=Top%2010%25&incomegroups=Middle%2040%25&incomegroups=Bottom%2050%25&incomegroups=Total&incomestart=01011976&incometype=factor_income&incomeunit=Adults&incomey=growthCNBC feature on Jeff Bezos and the critique of billionaires:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/20/jeff-bezos-says-critics-of-the-rich-going-to-space-are-mostly-right.htmlThe Financial Independence Planner:
https://moneywithkatie.com/financial-independence-plannerForbes Advisor study on medical graduate debt:
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/average-medical-school-debt/—
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