Last Baby Boomer Turns 50. What Next?

MUNICH â?? Carlos Barientos III was born at 6:45 on the evening of December 31, 1964, a few miles northwest of Honolulu. This year, he will turn 50, quite possibly making him the last member of the US â??baby boomâ? to do so. The generation that once seemed to define for the world the energy, excitement, and even irritating nature of youth will officially be â??oldâ? â?? even if, some might say, not entirely grown up. But what does this really mean?