Reviews for The New Old: How the Boomers Are Changing Everything . . . Again

The average rating for The New Old: How the Boomers Are Changing Everything . . . Again based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-06-30 00:00:00 Darin vandeventer From a seasoned and articulate advertising executive comes a thorough overview of the impact of Boomer aging on society and business. This book is not only an extremely well supported treatise; it's also a well-written reflection of the author's personal journey as an aging Boomer who has decades of experience in marketing, journalism, advertising, and now publishing. To make his central point crystal clear about a generation's reinvention of aging, David Cravit begins the book by showing photos of his grandfather and grandmother in their mid-60s juxtaposed with contemporary photos of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and actress Diane Keaton, both of whom are shattering societal images of adults 50+ and 60+. The book's primary message is to make a palpable distinction between "The Old Old" and "The New Old," which he accomplishes with clarity and insight throughout his discussion. The bulk of the book builds a solid business case around the phenomenon Cravit calls "BoomerAging." He demonstrates persuasively how this aging generation is rapidly changing retirement, travel & leisure, wellness & beauty, housing, technology adoption, and even late-life sex. He brings substantial research and statistical support to his arguments in concert with honed insights of someone who has been involved in marketing for decades. His writing is both anecdotal and lucid when it comes to breaking down the old myths around aging. The author even explores Boomer politics and aging in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Canada, where he's based. International comparative analyses of business and aging are much needed now as most Western countries continue to age and similar public policy issues develop. This book provides a substantial contribution to the body of work that has already been published about business and Boomers and demonstrates very clearly how Canada is taking the lead with respect to challenging old myths and creating new narratives about aging, especially through the author's intrepid company and media conglomerate, ZoomerMedia, Ltd., which also controls Canada's version of AARP: "Canada's Association for Zoomers." I strongly recommend that future editions of the book include an index to provide readers with quick references, which I feel is especially critical in business settings. Most of us want to find pertinent facts and insights quickly once we've read a book, and a comprehensive index provides the best way to retrieve information.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-31 00:00:00 Michael Garren I assigned this to my survey on American history, and I think it went really well. It's a very readable book (the students said it read like fiction), while still tapping into the scholarly arguments about the social construction of race and changing nature of gender and sexuality.