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BOOMERS

THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROMISED FREEDOM AND DELIVERED DISASTER

HELEN ANDREWS

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PENGUIN
Año de edición:
2021
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978-0-593-08675-9
Páginas:
256
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u003cbu003eu003cbu003e"Baby Boomers (and I confess I am one): prepare to squirm and shake your increasingly arthritic little fists. For here comes essayist Helen Andrews."u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003e--Terry Castleu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eWith two recessions and a botched pandemic under their belt, the Boomers are their children's favorite punching bag. But is the hatred justified? Is the destruction left in their wake their fault or simply the luck of the generational draw?u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn u003ciu003eBoomersu003c/iu003e, essayist Helen Andrews addresses the Boomer legacy with scrupulous fairness and biting wit. Following the model of Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians, she profiles six of the Boomers' brightest and best. She shows how Steve Jobs tried to liberate everyone's inner rebel but unleashed our stultifying digital world of social media and the gig economy. How Aaron Sorkin played pied piper to a generation of idealistic wonks. How Camille Paglia corrupted academia while trying to save it. How Jeffrey Sachs, Al Sharpton, and Sonya Sotomayor wanted to empower the oppressed but ended up empowering new oppressors.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eRanging far beyond the usual Beatles and Bill Clinton clichés, Andrews shows how these six Boomers' effect on the world has been tragically and often ironically contrary to their intentions. She reveals the essence of Boomerness: they tried to liberate us, and instead of freedom they left behind chaos.

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