{"product_id":"2940169973150","title":"Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNamed one of Fall 2017's most anticipated books by New York Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Nylon, and LitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows \"what's wrong with Millennials.\" Glenn Beck says we've been ruined by \"participation trophies.\" Simon Sinek says we have low self-esteem. An Australian millionaire says Millennials could all afford homes if we'd just give up avocado toast. Thanks, millionaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Millennial is here to prove them all wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about our benighted generation.\" -Tony Tulathimutte, author of \u003ci\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The kind of brilliantly simple idea that instantly clarifies an entire area of culture.\"-William Deresiewicz, author of \u003ci\u003eExcellent Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature. We've gotten so used to sloppy generational analysis filled with dumb clichés about young people that we've lost sight of what \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e unites Millennials. Namely:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWe are the most educated and hard-working generation in American history.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWe poured historic and insane amounts of time and money into preparing ourselves for the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century labor market.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWe have been taught to consider working for free (homework, internships) a privilege for our own benefit.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWe are poorer, more medicated, and more precariously employed than our parents, grandparents, even our great grandparents, with less of a social safety net to boot.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKids These Days,\u003c\/i\u003e is about why. In brilliant, crackling prose, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets mercilessly real about our maligned birth cohort. Examining trends like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, mass incarceration, social media, and more, Harris gives us a portrait of what it means to be young in America today that will wake you up and piss you off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Millennials were the first generation raised explicitly as investments, Harris argues, and in \u003ci\u003eKids These Days\u003c\/i\u003e he dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences now that we are grown up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098154680560,"sku":"2940169973150","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169973150_p0.jpg?v=1763698460","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169973150","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}