Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Baby Boomers

The first of the Baby Boomers turn sixty this year (1946-2006). Was the generation that preceded it the Greatest Generation? After all from our perspective in North America it engineered the rebound from the Dirty Thirties, fought and beat back the tyranny of Fascism in the Second World War, sent Man to the Moon and generated untold personal wealth. On the other hand Baby Boomers have promoted great progress in civil rights, civil society and overseen the transition from an industrial society to a technological one. Meanwhile Generation X and Y have come along to be faced with climate change and indebtedness. And what of the Millenials (new term to me too!)? What do they think of their inheritance and the politics of the day?

Source: The Current, CBC Radio, April 4th, 2006.