Valid points but could be a third of the length. ( )

I remember, what feels a lifetime ago, having open and frank discussions with people I partly agreed with, partly didn't, who knew things I didn't know, who didn't know things I did, and that I could absolutely respect and enjoy the company of. It was a more innocent time when information was swapped and honest reaction was expected.

I got to have that feeling again. And it was wonderful.

There are obvious areas of bias and other areas where additional research would have been recommended. But there were more where I learned things that filled in holes, connected things I already knew, and generally proved so fascinating that I had to stop using it as an audiobook background and let myself focus and dig in. So much helped me understand so much more.

The book was written in 2015, so bear that in mind. And he seems to have an allergy to Bernie Sanders. Which is a shame as Bernie has done economic research that would have been very fitting in this work.

But a great work and I fully commend it. It's hard to make economic histories interesting but this book does so with seeming ease. And for that alone it deserves real credit. ( )

What a load of whining. If you think boomers were bad just wait till the millennials take over. In reality there bad people in every generation. The only thing the author is effectively arguing against is democracy itself - giving power to the people is of course dangerous because they will be self serving. But so are corporate states (which I'm sure the author would prefer) and dictatorships. ( )

A long and ranty rant about why the boomers are horrible, using parallels with the clinical definition of sociopathy as a framework. On the surface, this seems like excessive bitterness and generalization, but there's enough data to support the assertion -- the boomers as a generation have behaved in ways which were highly destructive and sociopathic. What's amazing is that it's largely bipartisan horribleness, and essentially extreme self-interest without regard to anyone else.

"Not all boomers", but basically all boomers. ( )

Shocking, amazing and yet entirely plausible and believable premise and book. If remotely true, the Baby Boomer generation will go down in history as the generation that destroyed America -- and didn't give a shit doing it. ( )