Economic commentator Kyla Scanlon is noticing a potentially worrying trend in the investing outlook among younger generations.
"But then you have the other side, which is an element to financial nihilism, where people don't want to save for retirement.
They don't want to save money in general because they don't believe the future is there."
Scanlon is aiming to bridge Gen Z's divided financial attitudes with her new book, "In This Economy?
"The younger generation definitely wants [homeownership], because there's a lot of financial benefit to having equity," she said.
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