Libby Hobbs

Cost of living reporter at the Tulsa Flyer, a nonprofit local news outlet in Tulsa, where she covers stories about household finances, public policy, and issues affecting Tulsans’ wallets. She is a University of Georgia journalism and music graduate and previously wrote for The Red & Black and The Oglethorpe Echo, with a Dow Jones News Fund internship at The New York Times.

Only 16% of Americans Report Feeling Financially Fulfilled

Edward Jones chief executive Penny Pennington and Gallup chief executive Jon Clifton argue that wealth is a poor proxy for how well Americans are living. Drawing on new Edward Jones-Gallup research presented at the Aspen Ideas Festival, they say only 16% of Americans — and 5% of Gen Z — feel financially fulfilled, a measure they define as money aligned with values, positive emotions, agency and confidence about the future. Their case is that financial advice, employers and families need to engage with money as an emotional and relational issue, not only as a matter of income, assets or literacy.

The Aspen InstituteJun 30, 202618 min read