The millennial generation was the unfortunate victim of several generations of economic theories that made life harder for them than it was for their grandparents. Then came the crash of 2008, and the Boomer generation's reaction to it was brutal: politicians and policy makers made deliberate decisions that favored the interests of the Boomer generation over their heirs, the most egregious being over the use of monetary policy, fiscal policy and regulation. Sternberg describes a new economic crisis, a sinister tectonic shift that is stealing a generation's future. -- adapted from jacket.

Introduction : Taking a bite out of the big avocado of life -- The young and the workless -- Not our parents' job market -- Human-capital punishment -- Millennius domesticus -- The Saturday-morning bank heist -- Their present, our future -- Millennials in charge -- Epilogue : hiding in plain sight.