The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown

The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.



America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.



Today's Millennials-well-educated, tech savvy, underemployed twentysomethings-are at risk of becoming the first generation in American hist...