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Baby-boomers and their now adult children, due to their sheer numbers, have created the greatest sustained economic boom in history. The demand they created for consumer goods spawned whole industries to service their egocentricity including, but not limited to: credit purchases, electronics, up-scale vacations, and healthcare. Contrary to previous generations, they seem impervious to inflation – gas five bucks/gallon – so what? Their powerful ramifications have kept the USA a world leader.