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Podcast: The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
Episode: Jeremy Horpedahl: Are Millennials and Gen Z Actually Worse Off Than Their Parents?
Description: You've probably heard some variation of the notion that Millennials and Gen Z are going to be the first generations of Americans to have lower standards of living than their parents. It's too expensive to go to college, to buy a house, to have kids—you name it, goes this line of thinking. Today's guest has good news: Younger Americans are actually doing better than Gen X was at the same stage, and they are in the same ballpark as Baby Boomers when you adjust for inflation and population.
"Millennials and Gen Z have dramatically more wealth than...