Will the world end before I can retire?

Explain It to Me

From the moment Carolina graduated from college and started her first real job, the financial advice came pouring in. It felt like everyone she knew was telling her to save for retirement. So Carolina wants to know: really? Maybe that advice was good for boomers, Gen X and millennials, but the world Carolina would be saving for seems like it’s on the brink of collapse. So should Gen Z do things differently? Vox editor Bryan Walsh tells us how close we might be to an extinction-level event, and Vivian Tu a.k.a. Your Rich BFF offers some financial real talk.

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Credits:

Jonquilyn Hill, host

Sofi LaLonde, producer

Andrea Kristinsdottir, engineer

Carla Javier, supervising producer

Melissa Hirsch, fact checker

Katherine Wells and Jorge Just, editors

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