TY - BOOK N2 - 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 twenty-somethings -- are at risk of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meantime, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every single day, most of them not as well prepared financially as they'd hoped. This graying of our population has helped polarize our politics, put stresses on our social safety net, and presented our elected leaders with a daunting challenge: How to keep faith with the old without bankrupting the young and starving the future. AB - 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 twenty-somethings -- are at risk of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meantime, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every single day, most of them not as well prepared financially as they'd hoped. This graying of our population has helped polarize our politics, put stresses on our social safety net, and presented our elected leaders with a daunting challenge: How to keep faith with the old without bankrupting the young and starving the future. T1 - The next America :boomers, millennials, and the looming generational showdown / AU - Taylor, Paul, ET - First edition. CN - HN59 CN - HN59 ID - 1412068 KW - Baby boom generation KW - Generation Y KW - Conflict of generations KW - Social change KW - Generations KW - Génération du baby-boom KW - Conflit de générations KW - Générations KW - Baby boom generation. KW - Conflict of generations. KW - Generation Y. KW - Generations. KW - Population. KW - Social change. KW - Generationskonflikt KW - Generationswechsel KW - Gesellschaft SN - 9781610393508 SN - 1610393503 TI - The next America :boomers, millennials, and the looming generational showdown / ER -