Pt. 2: Money, Millennials, & the Bizarre American Fever Dream: the Role of "Personal Finance Education" & Our Collective "Expectation Hangover"
The Money with Katie Show
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The Ownership Class and the Middle Class
In her debut book, trick mirror, reflections on self delusion, gia tolentino masterfully incapsilates the confusing millennial experience. She weaves together the late capitalist explanation for why life as a young person in the 20 first century feels so fraught and how we usually deal with it. Her conclusion is that millennials have implicitly learned that the only way to succeed to day is to focus almost exclusively on yourself at the expense of others. For every american earning an annual multi million dollar income, there are 50 Americans surviving on less than 20 thousand dollars per year.
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