{"product_id":"2940170063338","title":"The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation amp;mdash; how the baby boomers have stolen the millennials' future in order to ensure themselves a comfortable present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Theft of a Decade\u003c\/i\u003e is a contrarian, revelatory analysis of how one generation pulled the rug out from under another and the myriad consequences that has set in store for all of us. The millennial generation was the unfortunate victim of several generations of economic theories that made life harder for them than it was for their grandparents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen came the crash of 2008, and the boomer generation's reaction to it was brutal: politicians and policymakers made deliberate decisions that favored the interests of the boomer generation over their heirs, the most egregious being over the use of monetary policy, fiscal policy, and regulation. For the first time in recent history, policymakers gave up on investing for the future and instead mortgaged that future to pay for the ugly economic sins of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook describes a new economic crisis, a sinister tectonic shift that is stealing a generation's future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115029217520,"sku":"2940170063338","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170063338_p0.jpg?v=1763700980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170063338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}