Boomers and the Boomer Boomers

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Life chances have been concentrated among a parparticular co. Wealth has grown so much over the past few decades relative to income. It's wealth that really determines how you feel about your finances and your capabilities. But it's almost all gone to older generations. We've got this big increase if wealth, which has largey a lot to do with house crises. I think the real story now and for the next decade or so is going to be more about the intergenerational transfer of inequality.

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. But, do they? Michael Shermer speaks with social researcher Bobby Duffy who has spent years studying generational distinctions. In The Generation Myth, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over three million people really think about homeownership, sex, well-being, and more, Duffy offers a new model for understanding how generations form, how they shape societies, and why generational differences aren’t as sharp as we think.