It Sucks to Be 33

Published: March 14, 2024, 9:45 a.m.

Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, will be 33 in a few weeks; she is part of a cohort born in 1990 and 1991 that makes up the peak of America\u2019s population.\n\nAt every life stage, that microgeneration has stretched a system that was often too small to accommodate it, leaving its members \u2014 so-called peak millennials \u2014 with outsize economic power but also a fight to get ahead.\n\nGuest: Jeanna Smialek, a U.S. economy correspondent for The New York Times.