Why gen-Z men are turning far right and women far left

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Advertising sponsor: Get access to global coverage at an exclusive 20% discount at https://economist.com/moneymacro Further reading mentioned in the video: Why Gen X is the real loser generation: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/08/why-gen-x-is-the-real-loser-generation Baby-boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy?: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/26/baby-boomers-are-loaded-why-are-they-so-stingy Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/18/reasons-to-be-cheerful-about-generation-z If you appreciate the research, consider buying me a 'coffee' at https://ko-fi.com/moneymacro or supporting long-term for membership benefits via: https://www.patreon.com/moneymacro WANT AN IN-DEPTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY MASTERCLASS? △ https://school.moneymacro.net/p/industrial-policy-masterclass LIKE CHATTING ECON WITH ME? △ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerischasfoort △ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeri-schasfoort/ △ I have a private Discord server for Senior and Chief economist Patrons / members. SOURCES: I've linked my sources in the blog that goes along with this video. Links are in the text. https://www.moneymacro.rocks/2025-05-29-populism-gen-z/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:34 What is populism? 07:20 What’s wrong with populism? 11:25 Why do people vote populist? 15:00 Conclusion 16:13 Sponsor Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty Narrated and produced by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort Special thanks to Hanna Sakhno for her research help, check out her thesis here: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/political-economy-of-populism-in-europe