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Greed is Good again! How Gen Z are recreating 1980s-style excess with 'Boom Boom' culture - spending every last penny of their pay cheques on luxuries in a bid to appear wealthy

Today's youth may have a bleaker financial future than some who grew up in the flash-the-cash 80s, but that's not going to stop them spend-spend-spending.

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