Writing
Dr Eliza Filby writes regularly on generations, demographic change, work, wealth and family.
She is a fortnightly columnist for The Times, a monthly columnist for City A.M., and author of the weekly It's All Relative newsletter.
Her writing has also been published in the Financial Times, Newsweek and The Spectator.
Eliza writes a fortnightly column on money for The Times, exploring the changing relationship between generations, wealth and opportunity.
The Times Money Column
Featured Articles
Why do so many grown-ups lie to their parents about money?
The rise of the moonlighting middle class
Your retirement savings are no longer just for you
Read more of Eliza’s writing on The Times website
City A.M Work Column
Eliza writes a monthly column for City A.M. on the future of work, AI, demographic change and modern business.
Featured Articles
Why Gen Z daughters won’t follow in their mums’ career footsteps
The £1bn company with no staff? Why AI is a gift to Britain’s small businesses
Read more of Eliza’s writing on the City A.M. website
Read Eliza’s writing
Selected Articles
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Gen Z aren’t lazy – they just know that work doesn’t pay
Generation Z are shunning the corporate ladder because they recognise we live in an asset-driven economy that doesn’t concretely reward working harder, and seemingly penalises it.
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AI Isn’t Undermining University. It’s Exposing It
Never mind what students are prompting AI to do, AI should prompt us to rethink education at every level - and it’s impact on the next generation’s ability to learn.
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They Started in the Same Place. Now They’re £722,000 Apart.
This is the story of two millennials - same degree, same ambition, same city. But one had help. The other didn’t. And that single difference changed everything.
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The Quiet Education Divide No One Is Talking About
When it comes to technological innovation, it’s always worth looking not at what Silicon Valley is selling publicly but what it is privately prioritising for its own children.
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Here's my career advice for my seven year old
Careers, work and the world is changing. The landscape of society has radically shifted from the way we use technology to the way we work and live. How can we prepare Generation Alpha?
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£100k isn't a big salary; here's why...
Nine out of ten Britons earning over £100,000 do not consider themselves wealthy. Maybe you are one of them, maybe you definitely aren’t (and find this statistic laughable). But taxation and inflation paint another picture…