An edition of A generation of sociopaths
(2017)
A generation of sociopaths
how the baby boomers betrayed America
First edition.
by Bruce Gibney
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Gibney shows how America was hijacked by a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. Acting without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts-- acting, in other words, as sociopaths-- they turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. In the 2030s damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will become catastrophic and possibly irreversible. Gibney argues that younger generations have a fleeting window to hold the boomers accountable and begin restoring America.
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Baby boom generation, Attitudes, Social policy, Economic conditions, History, United states, economic conditions, 1945-Places
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A generation of sociopaths: how the baby boomers betrayed America
2017
in English
- First edition.
0316395781 9780316395786
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The view from 1946
Bringing up boomer
Vietnam and the emerging boomer identity
Empire of self
Science and sentimentality
Disco and roots of neoliberalism
The boomer ascendancy
Taxes
Debt and deficits
Indefinitely deferred maintenance
Boomer finance: the vicious cycle of risk and deceit
The brief triumph of long retirement
Preparing for the future
Detention, after-school and otherwise
The wages of sin
The myth of boomer goodness
Price tags and prescriptions
Afterword.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-417) and index.
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