About this episode

Caleb Hammer discusses the factors contributing to rising debt and financial challenges faced by different generations.

Caleb Hammer is a personal finance YouTuber. Are we in a financial crisis or spending our way into one? Rising prices, growing debt, and shrinking savings are putting every generation under pressure. But what’s really to blame? A broken economy, bad money habits, or both? The answer could determine whether we’re headed for disaster, or still have time to turn things around. Expect to learn if it is actually harder to make an manage money than ever before, what the hidden costs of bankruptcy are that nobody wants to talk about, why Gen Z is in more debt than any other generation, if most financial problems are psychological in nature, if lifestyle inflation has become a bigger problem than inflation itself, what the biggest financial red flags are when dating and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Williamson

Guest: Caleb Hammer

Topics covered

• personal finance
• debt
• financial crisis
• Gen Z
• money management
• bankruptcy
• lifestyle inflation

Keywords

• debt
• financial crisis
• Gen Z
• money habits
• bankruptcy
• lifestyle inflation
• financial red flags

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Whoop, LMNT, AG1, Function Health, ChatGPT

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