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Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart · Saturday, September 12, 2026

Rethinking Market Speculation: A Generational Concern

Lance Roberts expresses concern about the increasing introduction of gambling-like behaviors into financial markets, likening it to addicting an entire generation to gambling. He believes this trend will lead to a significant future price to be paid, both financially and economically, as the realization of having created a generation of 'speculative drunkards' sets in.

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We are addicting an entire generation to gambling, and we're gonna pay a very heavy price for that in the future, both financially and economically, when when we come to that realization that we've created basically an entire generation of drunkards.
Lance Roberts
Heard on Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart — “We're Going To Pay A Heavy Price For Creating A Generation Of Speculative Drunkards | Lance Roberts, published Saturday, September 12, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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