A Generation of Sociopaths
How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
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Publisher Description
In his "remarkable" (Men's Journal) and "controversial" (Fortune) book -- written in a "wry, amusing style" (The Guardian) -- Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
In A Generation of Sociopaths, Gibney examines the disastrous policies of the most powerful generation in modern history, showing how the Boomers ruthlessly enriched themselves at the expense of future generations.
Acting without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts--acting, in other words, as sociopaths--the Boomers turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. The Boomers have set a time bomb for the 2030s, when damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will become catastrophic and possibly irreversible--and when, not coincidentally, Boomers will be dying off.
Gibney argues that younger generations have a fleeting window to hold the Boomers accountable and begin restoring America.
Customer Reviews
At times rediculous but correct overall
Some of his understanding of economics is incorrect and his treatment of Vietnam War veterans made me put this book down for a while.
But, the reality is the Boomers did push a lot of debt and infrastructure repairs on future generation.
There is no political candidate that realistically can help reverse this and when they are all gone we will be left picking up the pieces.
Meh
This whole book is just one giant reach, and it’s way too long. Every single one of the chapters could’ve been 50% shorter and gotten the point across.
Cogent essay masquerading as a book
There is about 50 pages of content here stretched to fill more than 300. While the overall thesis is very valid, By the time you are halfway through the urge to skip ahead to avoid the repetition of ideas will be overwhelming. Next time, how about writing a two-part essay in The Atlantic?