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Triumph of the Yuppies
America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
Tom McGrath
2024
Grand Central Publishing
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Can the 1980s Explain 2024?
The yuppies embodied the winning side of America’s deepening economic divide. Bruce Springsteen spoke for those left behind.
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Nicholas Lemann
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When Yuppies Ruled
Defining a social type is a way of defining an era. What can the time of the young urban professional tell us about our own?
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Louis Menand
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