It Sucks to Be 33

About this episode

<p>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’s population.</p><p>At every life stage, that microgeneration has stretched a system that was often too small to accommodate it, leaving its members — so-called peak millennials — with outsize economic power but also a fight to get ahead.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeanna-smialek">Jeanna Smialek</a>, a U.S. economy correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>When millennials gripe that they get blamed for everything, the accusers<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/business/economy/33-year-olds-millennials.html"> might actually be onto something</a>.</li><li>Millennials have the children,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/realestate/empty-nests-millennials-boomers.html"> but boomers have the houses</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>