the Boomers didn’t save money the way their Depression-era parents had. The economy was booming, and they were confident the money would be there when they needed it. (That may be why a March 2011 Associated Press–LifeGoesStrong.com poll found that the median retirement savings for Boomers is only $40,000—24 percent have saved nothing.[11]) They felt that they were witnessing the dawning of the “Age of Aquarius” (to borrow the title of the worldwide hit song of 1969).
