Yesterday, Forbes launched a seven-part series with Neil Howe, Generations In Pursuit of the American Dream. Check out Are You Born To Be Better Off Than Your Parents? Howe is the author of numerous books about generations including the Fourth Turning. Excerpt: This graph reveals that today’s younger generations really do face a troubled future. […]
Generation X, Lost American Dream, New Gilded Age
We returned late last night from family vacation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. When I walked into the dark kitchen, I saw the glowing green light of the coffee pot. It was on the entire time we were gone. I was like, thank you, coffee pot, for not burning down our house. Generation X […]
5 Innovations Produced by Generation X:
Guest Post by Rachel Thomas on Generation X Innovation Keeping the Wheel Spinning Although the Baby Boomers started the technological ball rolling, it is Generation X that is increasing its momentum. It is we who are putting what we’ve learned in the late 20th century into practice to ensure that there is a future in […]
10 Protest Songs from the 1980s
Discover 10 protest songs from the 1980s from 99 Luftballoons by Nena to Bastards of Young by The Replacements. The protest songs of Generation X explored war in the Falklands, violence in Northern Ireland, apartheid, and nuclear war. Also, unemployment, environmental disaster, poverty, and greed. Here are 10 of those songs. 1. 99 Red Balloons 99 Luftballons […]
Indie Film, Gen X and the end of the American Dream
Sherry B. Ortner, American cultural anthropologist and distinguished professor of anthropology at UCLA, is giving a lecture next week at the University of Wyoming. Ortner was born in 1941 making her a member of the Silent Generation. End of the American Dream Her presentation is “Late Capitalism, ‘Generation X,’ and the Global Impact of the End […]
First Recession Novel is Rocket Man, 40-Something Dads in Hell
40-Something Dads Rocket Man by William Hazelgrove is a novel that captures a 40-something man in hell. The Catcher in the Rye for Generation X men, it nails the times in which we live with the precision of The Graduate. The protagonist, Dale, is plagued with subdivision life and high taxes. His father has come to live over his […]
Now What?
What are life’s most difficult questions? Read on to discover one of mine. Esther Cepeda, a columnist for the Chicago Sun Times, wrote an article recently about Gen Xers coming into their own.< Here is an excerpt: “Because they live in the shadow of both generations, they have never been allowed to have a full […]