Bringing upt the income but find d its b something that you really want to do. Host we are talking about the most recent book how baby earn boomers are changing the way we think about Work Community anddo. Life. Arrell iour here is the cover. Lking people put the phone lines onre changinthe the screen in case you would like to join the conversation. 2853990. Here is the central time zone 5853891ill pu mountain and pacific time zones. East central how many baby boomers are going tezon toes be retiring the in the next three, five, ten years . It is between 1946 to 1964 no and so from now until 2040 year hitting that age of 65 every day so it is a big number. The other thing is beneath it orunt not, its not all about the boomers. We are simply engaging even when they pass on we are going to be an older society. Abut t the u. S. Has a relatively youngimply a population compared to many places elsewhere in theso world so sociy. We have to break down a lot of stereotypes we have about oldert
Be better. On failure theres been about 30 years of work on individuals of how we sometimes make mistakes so we might make investment errors, we might make tears in her choice of consumer products. We might make errors in what were scared of and what we are not scared of. Theres also been a burgeoning bit of research that has been really pulled together on how groups either aggravate or reduce the problems of individuals. That is a huge improvement over the idea of groupthink which is the popular consciousness do. Groupthink means that groups often suppress the individual ideas and creativity of their members. That is a real problem. But to figure out what actually lies behind groupthink one of the specifics that make it happen, thats something where we really have made a lot of progress in the last decades. The book tries to figure out for ways that groupthink so to speak actually happens in firms and families, in governments and religious organizations and labor unions and student or
Introverted personality. David drayly looks at 1862 and the actions of Abraham Lincoln in rise to greatness Abraham Lincolns most perilous year. And in full body burden growing up in the Nuclear Shadow of rocky flats, Kristin Iverson investigates the Nuclear Weapons plant that was located near her childhood home. For an extended list of links to various publications book selections, visit booktvs web site, booktv. Org or facebook. Com booktv. And another update from capitol hill as reporters wait here for word from lawmakerrers in closeddoor meetings on the fiscal cliff. An update via twitter from chad pilgrim of fox news, reids remark that he had made a counteroffer was offthecuff response and that there was no counteroffer, and the Washington Post quoting senator Joe Lieberman saying hed be shocked if a deal was struck today. Well bring you continuing updates. For now, back to booktv programs. [applause] well, i actually left my cave. In the mornings i get up, and its early dawn, and
Questions or comments, simply writing those to speaker heritage. Org. Our guest today, doctor Larry Schweikart is a native arizonan turkey on this bachelor and masters degree at Arizona State university and received his doctorate from university of california, santa barbara. Throughout his high school and college, however, he spent most of his time playing drums in a variety of dance. As a rock, he was part of several groups, one of which opened for steppenwolf, among other performers for those old enough to remember them. His first film, rocking the wall, about rock musics art in bringing down communism begin airing on pbs this week and will continue throughout this year. Doctor schweiker serves on the faculty at the university of dayton where he has taught business, economic history as well as military history. Is the author of more than a dozen books, including his first, a patriots history of the United States which he coauthored. Other topics include national defense, history and
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