Kurt Andersen notes that his generation, the baby boomers, have never stopped embracing their inner child. Fad-happy, spendthrift, and impulsive, America followed their lead. Could the financial crash and the economy’s slow recovery be a last chance to grow up?
And They Might Be Giants reminds us that we’re not getting any younger: “You’re older than you’ve ever been, and now you’re even older, and now you’re even older.”
(Originally aired: July 17, 2009)
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