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In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlinshows how the size of a generationthe number of persons born in a particular yeardirectly and indirectly affects the personal welfare of its members, the make-up and breakdown of the family, and the general well being of the economy. [Easterlin] has made clear, I think unambiguously, that the baby-boom generation is economically underprivileged merely because of its size. And in showing this, he demonstrates that population size can be as restrictive as a factor as sex, race, or class on equality of opportunity in the U.S.Jeffrey Madrick, Business Week

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/04/1987
      ISBN13: 9780226180328, 978-0226180328
      ISBN10: 0226180328
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      Book Synopsis
      In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlinshows how the size of a generationthe number of persons born in a particular yeardirectly and indirectly affects the personal welfare of its members, the make-up and breakdown of the family, and the general well being of the economy. [Easterlin] has made clear, I think unambiguously, that the baby-boom generation is economically underprivileged merely because of its size. And in showing this, he demonstrates that population size can be as restrictive as a factor as sex, race, or class on equality of opportunity in the U.S.Jeffrey Madrick, Business Week

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