I graduated the same year as the author. The two stars are for pointing out that those without university degrees are slipping further behind those who do, every decade since the 1960s.Yet Draut ignores the enormous benefits which many in their 20s and 30s will enjoy whie quite a few baby boomers will not. The most dramatic improvements will be in future health. Shifting 10 to 15 years into the future , we will see 40 and 50 year olds in 2015 or 2020 will never have to worry about obesity or a multidude of diseases including cancer.This is another in a long series of books which unconvincingly argues that "things have been getting better and better...until now."