http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/17/the-generation-game/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 04:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/17/the-generation-game/comment-page-1/#comment-11338 Richard Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:36:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=773#comment-11338 The decline of the birth rate in the US in 1961 was not as pronounced as it was in 1963. The decline of the birth rate in the US in 1961 was not as pronounced as it was in 1963.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/17/the-generation-game/comment-page-1/#comment-11337 Rex Thu, 18 Dec 2003 05:30:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=773#comment-11337 John, Its all very well to dismiss the labels GenX GenY and so on as just so much astrology, but aside from the fact that jounalists love this sort of stuff because its easy writing and they don't have to think, surely there is a case to be made for analysing trends in a longitudinal manner, and these labels are legitimate ways of grouping people born in different time periods. Exactly the same situation occurs with the stock market. The Dow, Dax or All Ords goes up and down daily, and it trends up or down over time. So that we now refer to the "Long Bull Market of the 90s", The 87 Crash and so on. These labels represent periods where common trends occurred. Why is it not legitimate then to use a label GenX, and say that in general, we can say that these people will experience certain economic conditions? Rex John, Its all very well to dismiss the labels GenX GenY and so on as just so much astrology, but aside from the fact that jounalists love this sort of stuff because its easy writing and they don’t have to think, surely there is a case to be made for analysing trends in a longitudinal manner, and these labels are legitimate ways of grouping people born in different time periods. Exactly the same situation occurs with the stock market. The Dow, Dax or All Ords goes up and down daily, and it trends up or down over time. So that we now refer to the “Long Bull Market of the 90s”, The 87 Crash and so on. These labels represent periods where common trends occurred. Why is it not legitimate then to use a label GenX, and say that in general, we can say that these people will experience certain economic conditions? Rex

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/17/the-generation-game/comment-page-1/#comment-11336 Dick Thompson Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:07:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=773#comment-11336 And one more thing about my generation (I was born in 1933, so am one of its oldest). Ours was the one that fought the civil rights war in the South, while the boomers were still in high school. And one more thing about my generation (I was born in 1933, so am one of its oldest). Ours was the one that fought the civil rights war in the South, while the boomers were still in high school.

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