EP17 Young Poor and Totally Screwed: The Price of a Sustainable Future with Stuart Trow

In this episode of The No Nonsense Sustainability Podcast, Ildiko sits down with Stuart Trow, Bloomberg columnist and author of Young, Poor and Totally Screwed, to unpack a question that rarely gets asked in sustainability circles: who is actually paying for the transition?With over 35 years in financial markets, Stuart argues that the modern economic system has quietly stacked the deck against younger generations — particularly those without assets. From housing and financial markets to the gig economy and capital allocation, we explore how economic policy has shaped a system where millennials are often blamed for their financial struggles while the real drivers go unexamined.This candid conversation brings together two generational perspectives — Stuart as a boomer and Ildiko as a millennial — to discuss why the sustainability transition is often framed as a cost, how incentives in finance distort outcomes, and why asset ownership increasingly determines who benefits from the future economy.Listen now and share your thoughts — are younger generations really “totally screwed,” or is the system simply overdue for a reset?