New Book Blames Yuppies for Trump, Housing — Basically Everything

Analysis June 07, 2024 at 04:39 PM
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  • Their success came from a changing economy organized around manufacturing money into more money, says author Tom McGrath.
  • A gluttonous desire for wealth ultimately led the yuppies to help dissolve post-war political orthodoxies.
  • The author even ties our contemporary worship of callousness and flash to that most '80s of characters: Donald Trump.

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