Money & Housing
Affordability, ownership, and the ladder that got pulled up.
Dr. Connie Ledoux Book: Elon University, Gen Z, and the Future of Higher Ed Consolidation
Elon's president on a nonpartisan collapse in confidence, why she still bets on the classroom in a hundred years, and the merger reshaping her university.
With Dr. Connie Ledoux BookMatt Weiss: Gen Z Did Not Quit Drinking, the Zero Proof Boom, and the Wine Pendulum
Less than half of Gen Z is old enough to drink. The decline headline starts there.
With Matt WeissOrphe Divounguy: The Affordability Squeeze, the Fed's Misread, and Housing Is the Heartbeat
1.2 of the 1.5 points of growth came from the AI build-out. He says the rest of the economy is barely moving.
With Orphe DivounguyLinda Flanagan: Take Back the Game, Private Equity, and the $40 Billion Youth Sports Machine
A $40 billion industry, a part-time job's worth of driving, and the childhood that got reorganized around it.
With Linda FlanaganMike Schneider of Acre Homes: The Generational Housing Question, the Broken Affordability Math, and Shared Ownership
The broken affordability math, and a new model for who gets to own a home.
With Mike SchneiderIs the American Dream Dead or Just Different?
Ask if hard work still pays and 27 percent say yes. Ask if the Dream is possible and 53 percent say yes. Ryan Vet on why the same country gives two answers.
Solo essay by Ryan VetJustin Bieber Doesn't Own His Own Songs Anymore - What Coachella Revealed About Millennials and the Internet
A 31-year-old sat at a MacBook on the Coachella stage singing along to videos of his 12-year-old self. Ryan Vet on what Millennials were actually crying about.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Death of the Penny: What It Reveals About Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and the Future of Money
The United States quietly minted its last penny. Ryan Vet traces six generations of money, from mattress cash to a fully fluid digital ecosystem.
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