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The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America

byPhilip Bump

Journalist Philip Bump examines how the baby boom's enormous demographic weight shaped American politics, economics, culture, housing, work, and public policy. Using data and reporting, he follows the generation's movement through institutions and asks what happens as boomers age, retire, and gradually surrender power. The book considers wealth transfers, racial and generational inequality, Social Security, health care, voting, and leadership. Bump avoids treating generations as uniform personalities, instead showing how population structure creates durable incentives and how a smaller, more diverse America may reorganize priorities in the boom's aftermath.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9780593489697