November 10: NYC | A Free “Mini Festival” to Discuss GenZ’s economics and culture
Is GenZ the generation that lost the future, or the one nobody’s bothered to understand?
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November 10: NYC | A Free “Mini Festival” to Discuss GenZ’s economics and culture
Interintellect
Sep 29, 2026
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Is GenZ the generation that lost the future, or the one nobody’s bothered to understand? Kyla Scanlon claims that for GenZ
predictable progress has ended
. Derek Thompson found that GenZ even has a
personality profile
different from previous generations. Morgan Housel is
more hopeful
about this much maligned and little understood young generation.
We cordially invite you to our next “mini festival” — multiple conversations around one topic — co-produced with the Foundation for Economic Education.
🎟️
The Next Generation — Economics and Culture of GenZ — An Evening of Discussion in Manhattan
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During our next mini festival, co-hosted by Interintellect and the Foundation for Economic Education, we are bringing together some of our favorite thinkers to get past the headlines. How is GenZ rethinking work, faith, and what it means to get ahead? And are the old rules still working for them at all?
Joining us for this evening in Manhattan are AI engineer and economist
Rohit Krishnan
, economist and author
Allison Schrager
, playwright and novelist
Matthew Gasda
, economist
Jorge Jraissati
, and political columnist
Shadi Hamid
.
Come with one opinion. Maybe leave with a new one. Every hour, we’ll ask the same question: What are GenZ’s biggest problems? Then we’ll see how the answers shift as the evening unfolds, and talk it through together in a salon after the panels.
Whether you’re GenZ, raising them, hiring them, or just trying to figure them out, you’ll leave with a sharper picture of the generation shaping what comes next.
Schedule:
Doors open at 6 pm
7:00 pm: Panel 1 —
Beyond the GenZ Headlines
(Hosted by FEE President Diogo Costa)
Economy, housing, political sentiments. What is going on with GenZ?
Rohit Krishnan
,
Allison Schrager
, Jorge Jraissati
7:45 pm: Break
8:00 pm: Panel 2 —
Are the Old Rules Still Working?
(Hosted by Interintellect Founder and CEO Anna Gát)
Culture, internet, faith, and dating. Does GenZ live in a separate reality?
Shadi Hamid
,
Matthew Gasda
8:45 pm:
Salon discussion
9:15 pm:
Mingle
Doors close at 10 pm
Refreshments will be provided. Chatham House Rule applies. Live-tweeting and Substack recaps are welcome.
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