As Gen Z blows rent on Taylor Switch tickets, they say they feel ‘judged’ and blame schools for not teaching them how to budget

• Gen Z likes to spend it. New research confirms they know they’re being judged by their boomer parents and the internet. But in their eyes, their free-spending ways aren’t their fault. Rather, they say schools are to blame for not setting them up with positive financial habits.

It’s no secret that Gen Z likes to splash the cash. From caviar bumps in clubs, to lavish holidays and Taylor Swift tickets, the generation has been regularly called out for “doom spending” their earnings.