The Master Trend: How the Baby Boom Generation is Remaking America

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
The Thrill Is Gone....Pages 7-10
The Birth of the Baby Boom....Pages 11-14
The Baby Boom Breaks the Rules....Pages 15-20
The Baby Boom Hits the Wall....Pages 21-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
The First Free Agent....Pages 27-29
Technology and Individualism....Pages 31-32
The First Generation of Free Agents....Pages 33-37
The Next Generation of Free Agents....Pages 39-43
Free Agents around the World....Pages 45-47
On a Collision Course....Pages 49-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
The Personalized Economy....Pages 55-62
A Preference for Leisure....Pages 63-71
The Star System....Pages 73-86
The Working Family....Pages 87-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
The Fight against Obligations....Pages 97-99
The Marriage Market....Pages 101-110
The Baby Boom’s Children....Pages 111-118
The Rise of the Matriarchal Family....Pages 119-126
Women as Kin Connectors....Pages 127-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
The Ten Commandments....Pages 135-143
The Rise of Crime....Pages 145-149
The Rise of Tolerance....Pages 151-155
The Rise of Self-Interest....Pages 156-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Growing Old, but Not Gracefully....Pages 171-173
The End of Early Retirement....Pages 175-177
The Money Supply....Pages 179-186
The Fortunate Few....Pages 187-190
Old and Alone....Pages 191-195
Improving Health....Pages 197-206
Spiritual Therapy....Pages 207-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
The Final Judgment....Pages 215-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-274