Analysis of the Generations Isn’t an Exact Science

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Analysis of the Generations Isn’t an Exact Science  


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By
Jo Craven McGinty
July 15, 2016 5:30 a.m. ET
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Baby boomers. Generation X. Millennials.
These are the familiar sobriquets of recent generations, but what exactly defines the cohorts, and what, if anything, do their labels reveal?
A generation, in this sense, refers to people associated with a distinct era of history based on their years of birth. But the cutoffs are fuzzy, and critics charge that the descriptions are little more than insulting stereotypes: Boomers, we’re told, are ambitious workaholics. Gen Xers are disenfranchised cynics. Millennials are self-entitled narcissists.
Name-calling aside, the groupings are attractive to academics and others who want to measure social and cultural change.



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