Review Of Millennials: It's The Economy, Stupid ! By Tracy

In our world of instant gratification, people got to save money any way they can. People that shop online need to wait 48 hours before making an impulsive purchase. They are spending too much money on clothes, shoes, and accessories. One can start by cleaning out closets and sell the items that not being worn. In 7 Things Young People Are Spending More Money On These Days, Sam Becker states,This has led many to think that they are a bunch of entitled brats who refuse to grow up. But we have to take into account that millennials are saddled with more debt than any other previous generation, have grown up in a post-9/11 world of perpetual war, and entered the workforce during one of the worst economic stretches in American history. It hasn’t been all beach trips and Mike’s Hard Lemonades, though things are getting better (Becker, sec. 3). He says, The millennials

After covering facts about millennials and their imperfections, Stein turns his article around by recognizing their good qualities. The purpose of Stein’s article is revealed when he changes sides of opinion. He praises their admirable characteristics saying, “They are probusiness. They’re financially responsible; although student loans have hit record highs, they have less household and credit-card debt than any previous generation on record.” (Stein 33), proving that millennials are more capable and intelligent at managing money although in more debt than previous generations. Stein uses logos to further establish his credibility.

Joel Stein is famously known for his controversial style of writing. In 2013, Time Magazine published Stein’s article “The New Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” in which he argues that he proved millennials to be as innovative and effective as all other generations if not more. The writer also includes a counter­argument which claims millennials to be lazy and narcissistic. While Stein does attempt to use statistical data to support his article’s purpose, his argument is not successful because there is more evidence to support his counter­argument than he does for the central purpose, the second half of the article is merely a prediction, and his diction is inappropriate and bias.

In Joel Stein's article "The New Greatest Generation", he attempts to prove that millennials will save society. Stein presents his counterargument first to interest readers then concludes his article with his

In an effort to save money and lower debt, more and more millennials are turning living in their parent's basement from the punchline of a bad joke or sitcom fodder into an accepted, and even

Donatone proposes that the reason for millennials’ struggles with adulthood, like working, dealing with people or even doing laundry is caused by helicopter parenting; however, she uses Amy, a girl that comes from a family with moderate wealth, to wrongly generalize that all millennials come from similar background. It is especially inappropriate and unfair to generalize about this topic because she talks about such a big and diverse group that is millennial generation, and not everyone comes from the same background. Donatone shows that Amy comes from middle class family when she says “She finally had to dump the part-time job, was still unable to do laundry, and often stayed up until 2 a.m. to complete her homework because she didn’t know how to manage her time without her parents …” (Donatone 1).” In order for someone to be able to drop their job they need someone that can help with their financial needs and wants, therefore it is safe to assume that Amy comes from a family with moderate wealth that is able to support those needs and wants. The author’s moment when she generalizes that all millennials are like Amy and come from similar background is when she states “It’s easy to generalize an entire population by its

I choose not to use “Millennials’ Heads Under a Rock” by Ed Schipul simply because the main ideas compared to “Thrift: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Virtue” by Daniel Akst differs drastically. The main idea in Schipuls essay is that Millennial graduates are having issues getting employers to hire them. Additionally, Schipul blames this problem on the Baby Boomers since their spending habits were at a record braking high in the United States. Thus, his overall idea of his essay doesn’t relate to the topic of thrifting as much as “It’s Consumer Spending Stupid” by James Livingston does. For example, Schipuls essay revolves around employment after college rather than the economy and the overall spending problem in American. Therefore, this would

In Eric Hoover’s article, The Millennial Muddle, he describes how stereotyping and trying to understand students has become a major industry, especially with Millennials, since there are different adaptations and interpretations of this generation. It contains the different opinions from people who have studied this generation. Researchers try to figure out who Millennials are, how they think, why they always do what they do, and in those propositions and findings find them to contradict one another. Hoover then states that “in other words, they’re all different. But just for fun, let’s stereotype them as smart, successful, and lull of shakeable opinions.” Hoover does not deny these findings to be contradictory of what Millennials truly are.

turning out in today’s day and age. He goes on with facts and statistics to back-up himself for

statistics are from donors self-reporting. Although anonymity was available, a person typically rates themselves higher than they actually give. From the Barna research statistics, only 20% of Christian Americans consider biblical stewardship a priority and that at varying levels of commitment.

Out of the two introductions of Chapter 7: “Millennials Rising,” and Chapter 8: “Courting the Gun Lobby in Their Race for the White House,” I found Chapter 8’s intro to be the most interesting. I feel that Chapter 8 was more interesting because I am more interested in gun control and organizations involved than I am in millennials rising. Anyon comparing these two introductions would also feel this way, because let's admit that guns are way more exciting than voting and political participation. No one wants to read something that is boring and that does not catch your attention. For me the section on millennials did just that. Paulins interest in politics is nowhere near as exciting and attention grabbing as a mass school shooting. Including

We've all seen those movies of those lazy individuals we call millennials. These people are often depicted as dependent individuals that are either living with their parents or renting some shady apartment. That's the question has been proposed whether or not are they justified in doing so. It is obviously easy to say that they have a right to do so, but can it be considered rational in the days we live in. Are their benefits from withholding to buying a house. And maybe even this could be the redefining of the new “American Dream.”

In “Millennials in the workplace”, Simon Sineks shows his empathetic and humorous side in his interview, describing Millennials in general, but pin points to the ones in the work force today. He does this by showing behind the scenes as to why Millennials are the way they are. He states his four main points of “Parenting, technology, impatient, and environment” (Sineks, interview, 2017, time). What Simon Sineks states throughout the interview is totally relatable to me as a millennial, I could see myself in action from my habits by the many scenarios he explains. So yes, I agree with his main points as to why Millennials is the way they are, but having two out of his four being a part of the cause more than the others. Technology and environment are huge in having children not fully develop their best possible selves. To understand this better you have to consider the individual who live in third world countries compared to the US. When Sineks gives his main point’s his purpose is to give it to anyone who uses their cell phones and social media. Many can accuse millenniums of this habit because yes, we are always on our phones, however, this could also be in effect on generation X.

In Simon Sinek speech “Millennials in the workplace interview” Simon humorously explains using past and personal experiences that millennials are a great and fantastic generation. They have become an addictive generation because of bad parenting, technology, impatience, and the environment and the only way to change this generation is if they are given help to balance physical and social lives. I would agree with this because I too suffer from an unbalanced physical and social life. At the start of his speech, Simon states that the generation of the millennials is everyone born from approximately 1984 and after. Then he describes the millennials as being entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and lazy. Then he explains that

The upcoming generation, millennials, are a new type of generation. They have proven to be the most educated generation, despite the hard times in the economy. Yet they still face criticism from their elders on their work ethic. Although they seem to all be lazy and not interested in working, not all millennials are like that. They just have different values in life, and balance work life with free time. Millennials have faced a lot of criticism on their work ethic, which has many questioning do millennials have a strong work ethic. They are said to be lazy narcissistic tech addicts, who don’t take any job seriously and slack off. What most don’t know is that the economy hasn’t been in the greatest of shape, this makes work ethic hard to