Eliza Filby, historian and author of Inheritocracy, joins Scott Galloway to discuss why getting ahead increasingly depends on your parents’ wealth. They explore how the bank of mom and dad shapes careers, homeownership, and inequality. Plus, why time has become the ultimate status symbol, how businesses profit from Gen Z’s financial anxiety, and what changing gender roles mean for modern relationships.
Check out Dr. Filby’s work: https://drelizafilby.substack.com/
Timestamps
00:00 - In This Episode
01:53 - What is the “inheritocracy?”
03:10 - Is the inheritocracy driven by economics or by parenting?
06:53 - Has the US become a caste system like old Europe?
12:28 - How difficult is social mobility today?
15:21 - Ad Break
20:03 - Why are so many parents still bankrolling their kids through adulthood?
24:32 - What happens to these kids who never have to work for anything?
26:57 - Has the timeline of adulthood been pushed back?
29:10 - Ad Break
30:58 - How should you scale support for your kids over time?
35:14 - Is time the new luxury good?
36:11 - How does Gen Z’s lived experience compare with that of previous generations?
40:20 - Does social media make young people feel worse off than they are?
45:09 - What do women actually want out of men?
49:57 - Can we repair the division between the sexes?
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