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How the baby boomers broke America


Steven Brill's "Tailspin": How My Generation Broke America | TIME

Steven Brill, author of "Tailspin," excerpts his book on how his generation of Baby Boomers broke America and how we can get back on track.

How the baby boomers broke America - POLITICO

The most likely outcome in 2020 is that voters will yet again ask a baby boomer to fix what the baby boom broke.

How the baby boomers — not millennials — screwed America | Vox

The boomers, according to Gibney, have committed “generational plunder,” pillaging the nation's economy, repeatedly cutting their own taxes, financing two wars ...

'Eat the Boomers': How to repay America's national debt - The Hill

Baby Boomers borrowed and spent most of that national debt. Now. they collectively own approximately $84 trillion in assets.

Baby boomers have dominated America. What happens when they ...

Philip Bump explores the impact of this huge, and hugely influential, generation in “The Aftermath.”

How the baby boomers broke America - POLITICO Pro

The 2020 election — barring a shocker — offers a strong chance of producing a president in their 70s. American voters face leading ...

Baby boomer | Definition, Age Range, & Societal and Economic Impact

The surge in births from 1946 to 1964 led to a generation that would change the culture, politics, and economy of the United States.

Why the baby boomers rule American politics - Niskanen Center

The argument is essentially that today the baby boomer generation is distinctly powerful as a generation and as a group of older people.

Is it a true argument that baby boomers broke America? - Quora

I am a “Boomer” and I agree that my generation did much to tear US down to what it has become today, and will become. My list: 1). Baby ...

The Baby Boomers' Unfinished Business : Democracy Journal

In an era when sweeping demographic change has created a racial, economic, cultural, and political chasm between the generations, that old Groucho Marx riddle ...

Did the Boomers Ruin America? A Debate. - The New York Times

The conservative writer Helen Andrews and the liberal journalist Jill Filipovic discuss why millennials are so mad at their parents' generation.

The Boomers Ruined Everything - The Atlantic

An illustration of a decaying American flag. Carlina Teteris / Getty. June 24, 2019. Share. Save. The Baby Boomers ruined America. That sounds like a ...

Baby boomers are hitting "peak 65." Two-thirds don't have nearly ...

The U.S. is reaching "peak 65," marking the largest retirement wave in American history. But the financial outlook for many is grim.

The boomers are retiring. See why that's bad news for workers.

As boomers age, the workforce will be older than ever. As they retire, the worker-to-retiree ratio will drop to lower than ever. Here's what that means for ...

Baby Bust: How the boomers broke America - Everand

On this episode of Baby Bust, Ben White talks to Bruce Gibney, the author of 'A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America' about the ...

The Age of Entitlement: How the Baby Boomers Ruined Everything

In his new book, 'A Generation Of Sociopaths: How The Baby Boomers Betrayed America,' Bruce Gibney has picked a fight with the biggest bullies on the block.

Baby boomers ruined America, according to this Generation X author

New book argues their 'sociopathic' tendencies are to blame for climate change, and that's just for starters.

TIME's new cover: How baby boomers broke America - Facebook

It seems more likely that the well-off elites of all generations broke America and are hoping that scapegoating one generation against another will distract the ...

How The Baby Boom Changed American Politics - YouTube

In his new book "Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America," Washington Post national columnist Philip ...

Baby boomers broke the social contract in American higher education

Apostles of the new economy promised that American college grads would use cutting-edge technology to design and market cool high-value things ...