What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation by Charlie Wells

What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation by Charlie Wells

What Happened to Millennials is a history of our century thus far as well as a  Defense of a Generation . Born from 1981 through 1996, Millennials came of age at a moment of high expectations, only to be confronted by 9/11 and confounded by a rollercoaster economy, Covid and anxiety over an uncertain future. 

Author Charlie Wells is part of that cohort. In What Happened to Millennials , the Bloomberg News writer looks beyond Britney Spears and pop culture nostalgia to follow the long-term trends that shaped his generation and our world—globalization, immigration, social media, a sickening 24/7 news cycle. Wells builds his account around case studies of five Millennials from different backgrounds; he lets us in