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The episode discusses generational financial stereotypes and the impact of technology and individualism on wealth with Dr. Jean Twenge.

There’s a massive difference between how something feels versus the actual reality. We’re talking about vibes as opposed to empirical evidence. And that’s why we’re happy to talk with Dr. Jean Twenge who is a professor of psychology over at San Diego State University. She has researched the personal finances of the different aged cohorts and few experts have addressed the topic of generational change as well as she has. Dr. Twenge has written multiple books on the defining characteristics of specific generations- she did that in her book iGen where she focused on Gen Z, and her latest book, Generations, covers the oldest Silent Generation to the youngest Polars. And an article that she wrote in the Atlantic really caught our eye, because not only did she write about our generation, but she spoke directly to the wealth accumulation of Millennials which of course we found particularly fascinating. Today we discuss generational stereotypes, the impact of individualism and technology on wealth, some of the bigger financial obstacles we face today that our parents didn’t have, the ‘slow life strategy’ and what that means for Gen Z, plus much…

People in this episode

Host: unknown

Guest: Dr. Jean Twenge

Topics covered

• generational stereotypes
• wealth accumulation
• financial obstacles
• individualism
• technology
• slow life strategy

Keywords

• Millennials
• Gen Z
• personal finance
• wealth
• financial obstacles
• generational change
• individualism
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Diego State University

Books & works: iGen, Generations, Atlantic

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