Generations & Culture

The Housing Crisis

Episode 642 min5 August 2026

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About this episode

What it's about

When the wealth-building model your parents used gets yanked out of reach, the result isn't just "I can't buy a house." It's a deeper, quieter phenomenon called financial nihilism — and it changes every small money decision a person makes. Emme and David sit honestly with the intergenerational gap that nobody on either side wants to name out loud.

Learned helplessnessFinancial nihilismIntergenerational wealth gap

In this episode

What we cover

  • The Lee & Yoo "Giving Up" research — when reward disappears, behaviour collapses
  • Learned helplessness applied to a generation
  • The 9.6-point homeownership gap projected for those born in the 1990s
  • Housing instability and mental health: the Talmatzky review
  • Redefining the goal when the original one is gone

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