greediest generation

May 16th, 2006


Living as I’m living now, scraping by from paycheck to paycheck, geographically surrounded by self-congratulatory baby boomers that seem to be doing just fine, thank you very much, well, let’s just say this essay sums it up quite nicely.

~jeff



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  • http://joshua.swingpad.com/ Joshua

    An excellent piece of science fiction on this premise is Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling. In it, he posits a “Gerontocracy” that rules with both a self-supporting power structure and a paternalistic attitude toward the young. It’s a very good book. It made me want to save my money. But then I realized I didn’t have any, and that 60-year-olds had bought all the houses.

  • Heather

    Especially interesting in light of Hillary’s recent “kids these days” remarks on young people feeling entitled…. Note to Hillary and friends: back in your day, when everything cost a nickel, you could have a twenty- (or even thirty-) something’s income and afford to buy a house or car and not live deep in credit card debt. Now? Not so much.

  • Carrie

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