Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise
  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement

On AlterNet: baby boomers

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

More People Over 50 Are Smoking Pot Than Ever Before

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

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

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

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

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

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 Don’t Affluent Baby Boomers Give More Money Away?

Why Don’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.