{"product_id":"a-generation-of-sociopaths-how-the-baby-boomers-betrayed-america-9780316395793","title":"A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America","description":"\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643251429650,"sku":"9780316395793","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa462100-7aa8-445a-8a31-588b2af0c0a4.jpg?v=1733081516","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-generation-of-sociopaths-how-the-baby-boomers-betrayed-america-9780316395793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}