Lucky or Left Behind? The Gen Z Money Story
4/30/202619 min
Is Gen Z the most informed generation in history, or the most financially trapped? Is a university degree still worth it, or have we sent too many people to study the wrong things? Has Britain gone from a meritocracy to an inheritocracy, where the “Bank of Mum and Dad” are more essential than ever? Vicky Spratt, Housing and Society Correspondent, investigates the Gen Z story and how bad are things really for young people? This week she is joined by generational historial Dr Eliza Filby. STUDENT DISCOUNT FOR TRIP PLUS: £20 FOR THE YEAR : The Rest is Politics is offering an exclusive discount for students, just sign up with your student email address here To hear the whole episode, and to get access to all TRIP bonus content, sign up at therestispolitics.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:00
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Eliza Filby· Guest0:15
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Alastair Campbell· Host0:28
Hello there, and welcome to The Rest Is Politics with me, Alastair Campbell. Now, we get loads and loads and loads of emails, and of messages, and of comments about what we do in the podcast. At or close to the top, it relates to young people, and in particular, I would argue so-called Gen Z, 14 to 29. What's going on with them? What kind of world are they living in? What kind of world are they going to inherit? What, if they do have kids, are their kids going to inherit? How much we should be worried. 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 moan fest, not a, "Oh, bloody kids," moan fest 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?