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The selfish generation?
Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/07/2007, 10:00 a.m.
Results of a new research study indicate that members of the "millennial generation" are more selfish and narcissistic than their predecessors, but a critic says its just another example of the endless negativity aimed at today's kids.
Guests
Jean Twenge: Associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University and lead author of the recent study "Egos Inflating Over Time." She's also the author of the book "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled...and More Miserable Than Ever Before" (2006.
William Strauss: Historian, playwright, and co-author (with Neil Howe) of "Millennials and the Pop Culture" (2004) and "Millennials Rising" (2000).
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