How Generation X became the backbone of the workplace - IN FOCUS: With six different cohorts now occupying the workplace for ...

They were the latchkey kids raised on divorce, debt, and disillusionment. The in-betweeners who came of age before therapy was mainstream but after the collapse of long-term job security. Gen X has ...

From MTV and the internet to the Gulf War and presidential impeachment, these world-changing events defined life for Gen X, ...

You know "main character syndrome?" The phenomenon/meme that posits that certain people go about life like they're the stars of their own private TV show? Gen X, broadly speaking, is suffering from a ...

Generation X, as the first generation of do-it-yourself retirement planners, is falling behind. As the first American generation funding retirement largely without private pension plans, Gen X — those ...

Gen X isn't complaining, but they're quietly overwhelmed (for good reason). As the overlooked generation caught between Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen Xers are navigating a unique set of challenges ...

People love naming things, even themselves! Every wave of kids, teens, adults, and even the eternally mysterious category known as “the olds” has been labeled over the years. From baby boomers to ...

A raft of new surveys suggest the MTV Generation is regretful about past financial missteps, anxious about the current economy and fretful about the future. Many Gen Xers sense they haven’t saved ...

Gen Xers have often been the discounted or forgotten generation, but a new joint report might change some marketers' minds about whom they target. Now in their peak expenditure years, Gen Xers have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shelley E. Kohan covers the retail industry and is based in New York. Gen X consumers expect intuitive, low-friction digital ...