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The Michael Steele Podcast

What the End of the Baby Boom Means for America: With Philip Bump

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Philip Bump joins The Michael Steele Podcast to discuss his book, "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America." The pair discuss how the baby boom has disadvantaged other generations, the greatest misconceptions about baby boomers who is going to control politics, wealth and power once the boomer generation ends.

Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Last-Future-Power-America/dp/0593489691/ref=sr_1_12?qid=1673369407&refinements=p_n_publication_date%3A1250228011&s=books&sr=1-12

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0:00.0

So after decades of cultural and political dominance,

0:03.3

the baby boomer generation of which I am the tail end,

0:07.3

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing,

0:10.1

but I am, it's shrinking.

0:12.5

And you know, time catches up with everyone, right?

0:17.0

But for the first time,

0:18.0

ever folks, this massive group of Americans

0:21.9

is outnumbered and the power that they had

0:26.9

and still wheeled to some degree,

0:30.7

to some degree, has, is beginning to change hands.

0:35.9

That power that they've taken for granted is ebbing.

0:39.8

So what does the end of the baby boom mean for American politics?

0:43.6

Mean for our economy and mean for our power structure.

0:48.9

Well joining me today is Philip Bump,

0:51.2

National Connist for the Washington Post,

0:53.5

and one of the papers, most red writers,

0:56.0

Philip is the author of the new book,

0:58.0

The Aftermath, The Last Days of the Baby Boom,

1:01.3

and the future of power in America,

1:03.2

we're going to get into what's going to happen to folks like me.

1:07.2

And who's going to replace us?

1:10.5

That's for all my Republican,

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