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Highlights From The Comments On Boomers

Scott Alexander reviews comments on his defense of Baby Boomers, clarifying three separate claims about generational fairness and addressing debates about housing policy, Social Security, cultural changes, and whether the structural problems attributed to Boomers are actually universal features of aging populations.

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Jan 6, 2026 9,653 words 134 likes 534 comments Listen · 52 min Read Read
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Book Review: Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids

Scott reviews Bryan Caplan's book arguing that modern parents can relax their intensive parenting, while wrestling with whether this advice still applies in the age of smartphones and social media.

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May 15, 2025 6,596 words 500 likes 724 comments Listen · 41 min Read Read
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