Who wants to be a millennial? Generation comeback

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Rosie Blau.

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  Today on the show, how AI is influencing Israel's election, and should you be scraping your tongue?

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  First up, though.

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  For years, we've been hearing about the desperate plight of millennials.

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  Boomers are dominating the housing market, and this sucks for us millennials.

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  They've been knocked by their economic circumstances and then knocked for their choices.

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  What do you think of millennials?

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  Coddled, entitled?

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  Yes, I think so.

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  Really?

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  I do.

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  So, you think that young people have now got the prospect of never owning a home?

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  Absolutely, when you're spending $40 a day on smashed avocado and coffees and not working, are you?

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  Of course.

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  But things could be changing for this once-beleaguered cohort.

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  Millennials are no longer struggling as they once did.

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  Callum Williams is our senior economics writer.

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  Our research shows that their incomes are pretty healthy now,

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