It Sucks to Be 33

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

b'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.'