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Charlie Wells

Charlie Wells is an editor and reporter at Bloomberg News.

Millennials Have Too Much Self-Esteem

Before Instagram and TikTok, there were participation trophies and mirrors telling us we were special. It raised my generation to expect the…

September 16, 2025

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