On AlterNet: baby boomers

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "baby boomers"

Tom Friedman Tries to Scapegoat Baby Boomers -- He Should Remember That We Helped Forge American Prosperity

Ruth Rosen, AlterNet. September 28, 2011.

Baby boomers did not contribute to the economic decline of America. Actually, they helped create consumerist prosperity with teenager allowances and middle age purchases.

Youth vs. Baby Boomers Is a Fake Economic Conflict

David Green, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

A response to the mainstream media pundits pushing generational economic warfare in the middle of an ongoing economic crisis.

A Message to All Baby Boomers (and Those Who Love Them)

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 26, 2011.

Will Baby Boomers—some of the 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964—become a powerful force by reconnecting to the ideals of our youth?

Boomers Take Up the Plow and Open Small Farms

Laura Tillman, Daily Yonder. August 6, 2010.

Baby boomers are leaving regular jobs and opening small farms. It's not only a new way of life, some are making a little money, too.

More People Over 50 Are Smoking Pot Than Ever Before

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 11, 2009.

Are your parents part of the new Boomer trend?

Skinny Dipping in Reality: The Great Hippy LSD Enlightenment Search Party

Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. March 25, 2009.

I have to echo Hunter S. Thompson in his sentiment that, while I wouldn't recommend drugs and mayhem to anyone, it's always worked for me.

Is the Future Going Down the Drain? Baby Boomers Going Bust

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

Millions of boomers born into the dawn of the largest economic expansion in history are being forced to re-imagine their retirement futures.

President Obama: Social Security Is Healthy -- There's No Need to "Save" It

Dean Baker, Comment Is Free. February 20, 2009.

Here's a cheap and effective form of economic stimulus -- tell America's baby boomers that their welfare benefits are safe.

How the Boomers Transformed Sex

American Sexuality MagazineMarch 18, 2008.

Richard Croker, author of the "Boomer Century," discusses the impact of 1960s and '70s sexual rebellion.

The Truth About Aging Boomers' Effect on Our Economy

John B. Shoven, Foreign Policy. March 12, 2008.

It's true that as boomers retire, they will consume more and produce less. But gloomy projections about them bankrupting us are deeply flawed.

"Chicago 10": A Visceral, Compelling Look at a Youth Movement [VIDEO]

Gideon Yago, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 1, 2008.

Check it out. It's worth the $10 bucks and who knows, you may even leave the theater with some ideas of how to start a movement of your own.

Why Donâ€™t Affluent Baby Boomers Give More Money Away?

Anne Ellinger, Christopher Ellinger, AlterNet. June 21, 2007.

People between 51 and 64 donate less than three-fourths of one percent of their investment assets, on average -- significantly less than those either younger or older than them.