But at the same time, the seemingly endless economic doldrums (the flicker of optimism from this week's jobs numbers notwithstanding), the rise of the Occupy movement, and the general sense that young people are being particular battered by coming of age in a monster
recession, suggests that
while the»90s and naughts didn't offer much to rebel
against, the current decade certainly does.
Aug. 9, 8:55 a.m. Updated In a column in The Times Sunday magazine, Judith Warner cautions
against celebrating downsizing, asserting that the Great
Recession has been far more wretched than redemptive for most people, with the rich just getting slightly less rich
while the poor got poorer and the middle class lost a big slice of its hard - won wealth.