MiB: Kyla Scanlon on Vibecessions and Generation Z

This week, we’re talking to Kyla Scanlon, creator, host of the YouTube podcast “Let’s Appreciate,” writer of short daily videos on economics + markets. She has been published in Bloomberg, New York Magazine, FT and NYT. Her new book”In This Economy?: How Money and Markets Really Work” just came out this summer.

We discuss how he came up with the idea for a “Vibecession” and how it became a popular New York Times guest essay.

A list of her favorite books is here; A transcript of our conversation is available here next week.

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast add-ons, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Bloomberg. All of our past podcasts about your favorite hosts can be found here.

Be sure to check out our Master of Business next week with Vincent Aita of Cutter Capital. The firm is a market and factor neutral long/short hedge fund focused on health care companies. Prior to launching Cutter, he focused on healthcare in the US and Europe at Citadel and Millenium. Cutter has seen impressive numbers since its launch in 2022 and now manages over $500 million in institutional assets.

Kyla’s new book

Her favorite reading

The books mentioned by Barry