The Good Fight
The Good Fight
Yascha Mounk
Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed
49 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Yascha Mounk and Jeremiah Johnson examine the disconnect between economic data and public sentiment about young Americans’ prospects. 
Jeremiah Johnson is the co-founder of the Center for New Liberalism. He hosts the New Liberal Podcast and writes at Infinite Scroll.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jeremiah Johnson discuss why young Americans think the economy is worse than it actually is, whether social media has made us permanently pessimistic about institutions, and how elite failures are now exposed in real time.
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