{"product_id":"a-generation-of-sociopaths-how-the-baby-boomers-betrayed-america-paperback","title":"A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Cannon Gibney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his \"remarkable\" (\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"controversial\" (\u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e) book--written in a \"wry, amusing style\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e)--Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Generation of Sociopaths\u003c\/i\u003e, Gibney examines the disastrous policies of the most powerful generation in modern history, showing how the Boomers ruthlessly enriched themselves at the expense of future generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eActing without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts--acting, in other words, as sociopaths--the Boomers turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. The Boomers have set a time bomb for the 2030s, when damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will become catastrophic and possibly irreversible--and when, not coincidentally, Boomers will be dying off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGibney argues that younger generations have a fleeting window to hold the Boomers accountable and begin restoring America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Cannon Gibney\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America\u003c\/i\u003e. A venture capitalist and writer, Gibney began as an attorney specializing in securities litigation and financial regulation. He was an early investor in PayPal, and later joined Founders Fund and co-founded Carmenta Management. He and his colleagues have funded Facebook, Spotify, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Lyft, AirBnB, Coupang, and DeepMind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756860531021,"sku":"9780316395793","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/d01tQUt1TFR3ZGFlQloyYU1naGVoQT09.webp?v=1776754629","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-generation-of-sociopaths-how-the-baby-boomers-betrayed-america-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}