In retrospect, it’s clear that we did something right.

We lived a smaller life, a life we could afford. And as the country rebuilds the economy, as it tries to replace it with something more sustainable than a leaning tower of subprime mortgages and consumer binging, it is time to reevaluate that much-maligned Gen X archetype: the American Slacker.

Source:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/02/09/so_maybe_the_slackers_had_it_right_after_all/