Kids These Days

Named one of Fall 2017 s most anticipated books by New York Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Nylon, and LitHub Everyone knows what s wrong with Millennials Glenn Beck says we ve been ruined by participation trophies Simon Sinek says we have low self esteem An Australian millionaire says Millennials could all afford homes if we d just give up avocado toast Thanks, millionaire This Millennial is here to prove them all wrong The best, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about our benighted generation Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens The kind of brilliantly simple idea that instantly clarifies an entire area of culture William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature We ve gotten so used to sloppy generational analysis filled with dumb clich s about young people that we ve lost sight of what really unites Millennials Namely We are the most educated and hard working generation in American history We poured historic and insane amounts of time and money into preparing ourselves for the 21st century labor market We have been taught to consider working for free homework, internships a privilege for our own benefit We are poorer, medicated, and precariously employed than our parents, grandparents, even our great grandparents, with less of a social safety net to boot Kids These Days, is about why In brilliant, crackling prose, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets mercilessly real about our maligned birth cohort Examining trends like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, mass incarceration, social media, and , Harris gives us a portrait of what it means to be young in America today that will wake you up and piss you off Millennials were the first generation raised explicitly as investments, Harris argues, and in Kids These Days he dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences now that we are grown up. Free Download [ Kids These Days ] By [ Malcolm Harris ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A summary of the economic and social problems faced by the Millennial generational cohort, roughly born between 1980 2000 The first two chapters summarize the perfect storm of high expectations and increasing costs endemic to the American high education system Harris deals admirably with increasing tuition costs, the student loan crises, worsened by state governments cutting back funding to public schools The discussion of overwork and increased rates of severe mental illness among second A summary of the economic and social problems faced by the Millennial generational cohort, roughly born between 1980 20...I ve never been one to blame millennials or make fun of them I interact with a lot of them as an educator and I ve been nothing but impressed They re better than my generation This book is a bleak look at what millennials have to deal with, but that s not why it s relevant It s important because the book takes a macro look at the economic trends that have resulted in this generation That and the excessive policing and drugging, but Harris claims that all of that stems from the exploitation I ve never been one to blame millennials or make fun of them I interact with a lot of them as an educator and I ve been nothing but impressed They re better than my generation This book is a bleak look at what millennials have to deal with, but that s not why it s relevant It s important because the book takes a macro look at the economic trends that have resulted in this generation That and the excessive policing and drugging, but Harris claims that all of that stems from the exploitation of labor by capital I think he s mostly right Millennials are going to be worse off than their parents and grandparents generations because wealth inequality has increased drastically So the few that win will win big and the rest won t However, something else that is very millennial is the nihilism and pessimism of the generation They have every reason to be angry, but Harris offers no hope of change at all His solution section is the most depressing part ...Easily the most important book yet written on the subject Any honest discussion of millennials ought to start here In which we see ourselves as the inflection point of late capitalism, or western civilization in general How will capitalism end If we look to the daily habits and life prospects of the generation born since the onset on neoliberalism, we start to get an answer talkin bout my generationMom and Dad, I don t blame you In retrospect, maybe seems unwise to procreate during th Easily the most important book yet written on the subject Any honest discussion of millennials ought to start here In which we see ourselves as the inflection point of late capitalism, or western civilization in general How will capitalism end If we look to the daily habits and life prospects of the generation born since the onset on neoliberalism, we start to get an answer talkin bout my generationMom and Dad, I don t blame you In retrospect, maybe seems unwise to procreate during this phase of capitalism, but I still love you anyway A properly historical materialist critique of social media very, very impressive, necessary right now Don t believe curmudgeonly idealists The media really is not the message in this case For a generation born after the epochal shift from a manufacturing to a service based...enjoyed this book, but I d have a hard time recommending it to anyone I would describe it as a series of essays about how capitalism overworks you and makes you crazy, and how millennials, born into our dysfunctional capitalism in decline, are overworked and made crazy Harris doesn t seem to be an expert in anything other than the on the ground experience of Occupy If you want to actually dig into the dysfunctions of public schools or independent contractor wo enjoyed this book, but I d have a hard time recommending it to anyone I would describe it as a series of essays about how capitalism overworks you and makes you crazy, and how millennials, born into our dysfunctional capitalism in decline, are overworked and made crazy Harris doesn t seem to be an expert in anything other than the on the ground experience of Occupy If you want to actually dig into the dysfunctions of public schools or inde...This book is so smart, so witty, and so fucking dead on about everything that it could ve only been written by a millennial Here s what Harris proposes how about we look at the Millennial generation the way corporations and governments have looked at them since the beginning as human capital to be relentlessly overworked, brainwashed into a hyper competitive mentality, and underpaid What he finds is so muchconvincing and compelling that any stupid bullshit Atlantic thinkpiece about ho This book is so smart, so witty, and so fucking dead on about everything that it could ve only been written by a millennial Here ...Bleak in both its conclusions and on the potential for escaping them, Kids These Days is still very much worth a read.This book seeks to get behind the stereotypes about the millennial generation to explain on the basis of research what is actually going on within the generation and what is not going on to deconstruct the popular hype about millennials Some of the prior comments on the book suggested that the author provided afact based and rigorous approach to looking at generational issues Since I have continuing contacts with millennials in both my personal and professional lives and have b even ex This book seeks to get behind the stereotypes about the millennial generation to explain on the basis of research what is actually going on within the generat...Strong argument that IT S NOT YOU, IT S CAPITALISM.HIGHLY recommend Malcolm Harris KIDS THESE DAYS, a well argued analysis of the social and economic trends that shaped Millennials as a generation It s harrowing and depressing, but fantastically informative.Goes without saying that I don t agree on every point, but I found it well c...At first glance, this book did not seem like it would be too serious, although it did seem like it would address some of the complaints about the Millenial generation and show how material circumstances are shaping the character of the Millenial generation, we re not just a bunch of lazy and demanding people The book surprised me in its depth, its militant writing, and in its devotion to using data and historical materialism to talk about our generation and compare it to others I already had At first glance, this book did not seem like it would be too serious, although it did seem like it would address some of the complaints about the Millenial generation and show how material circumstances are shaping the character of the Millenial generation, we re not just a bunch of lazy and demanding people The book surprised me in its depth, its militant writing, and in its devotion to using data and historical materialism to talk about our generation and compare it to others I already had some knowledge of the differences in the pay scale, unionization of the work force, and the changing nat...

• English
• 12 August 2018
Malcolm Harris
• Hardcover
• 261 pages
• 0316510866
• Malcolm Harris
• Kids These Days