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Slackonomics

Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction

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By Lisa Chamberlain

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On Sale
Jan 25, 2008
Page Count
400 pages
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13
9780306817601

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$14.99

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$19.99 CAD

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ebook

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Generation X grew up in the 1980s, when Alex P. Keaton was going to be a millionaire by the time he was thirty, greed was good, and social activism was deader than disco. Then globalization and the technological revolution came along, changing everything for a generation faced with bridging the analog and digital worlds. Living in a time of “creative destruction” — when an old economic order is upended by a new one — has deeply affected everyday life for this generation; from how they work, where they live, how they play, when they marry and have children to their attitudes about love, humor, happiness, and personal fulfillment. Through a sharp and entertaining mix of pop and alt-culture, personal narrative, and economic analysis, author Lisa Chamberlain shows how Generation X has survived and even thrived in the era of creative destruction, but will now be faced with solving economic and environmental problems on a global scale.

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Lisa Chamberlain

About the Author

Lisa Chamberlain is a regular contributor to the New York Times and the executive director of the Forum for Urban Design. Her writing has also appeared in Salon, New York magazine, and the New York Observer. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of a Village Voice — owned weekly paper. She lives in the East Village in New York City. Please visit her blog at http://slackonomics.com/

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