Boomer destiny : leading the U.S. through the worst crisis since the great depression / Tom Osenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osenton, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises--United States.

Financial crises.

Baby boom generation--United States--Economic conditions.

Baby boom generation.

United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 210 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Connecticut ; London, England : Praeger, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. experiences a major crisis about every eighty years, and the last big crisis started more than eighty years ago. If history is any indicator, argues author Tom Osenton, we are in the very early stages of the next major crisis-one that could make the Great Depression seem like a day at the beach. The storm clouds are on the horizon: A slowing U.S. economy, major banks failing, a weakening dollar, the subprime mortgage debacle, a widening gap between the wealthy and working class, credit delinquencies and bankruptcies on the rise, infrastructure crumbling, healthcare in crisis-the list goes on and on. Baby Boomers, says Osenton, are standing precisely where FDR stood at the beginning of the Great Depression, and they are in a unique position to help pull society out of the morass and set the country on a course of growth and contentment for generations to come. It's no wonder that most young people do not feel they will be better off than their parents. Besides a looming economic crisis, we face a number of other crises: budget deficit, environmental, real estate, infrastructure, education, immigration, and healthcare. Now throw in some unforeseen wild cards such as terrorism, war, disease, poverty, homelessness, and natural disasters, and you have a recipe for a cataclysmic, multi-generational failure that will take decades and trillions of dollars to fix. Boomers are about to move into the role as the elders of an America desperate for leadership. It will be Boomers who take responsibility for directing us through the minefield of crises that will profoundly shape the U.S. for decades to come. It will be the Boomers' responsibility-and their destiny and legacy-to lead the U.S. through a thicket of issues that have been back-burnered by at least the last five presidential administrations. Full of solutions to seemingly intractable problems, Boomer Destiny shows how they can do it.

Contents:

A legacy not yet written

Repeating cycles in American history

The gathering storm

Boomer spring: 1946 to 1964

Boomer summer: 1965 to 1984

Boomer autumn: 1985 to 2004

Boomer winter, the next American crisis: 2005 to 2024

The new new deal

Rising to the occasion

The boomer grid

Boomers' will

Boomer legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780313356049

0313356041

OCLC:

908671140