scott galloway
a marketing professor and podcaster gathering some mainstream attention by talking about "how by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. he unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational theft," asking why we let it continue and showing how we could make it end."
great talk - TED - How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future
many implications for politics, culture wars/polarization and showing many failings (or features, depending on the perspective of who's benefitting) of the design of our economic system.