| A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America Contributor(s): Gibney, Bruce Cannon (Author) |
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ISBN: 031639579X ISBN-13: 9780316395793 Publisher: Hachette Books OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Commentary & Opinion - Social Science | Demography - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.00 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |