Description: Yuppies returns to 1980s New York, when a generation of young bankers, lawyers, and gentrifiers rebuilt the city, and the country, on massively unequal terms. Through their work, their lifestyles, and their politics, yuppies cemented Wall Street's takeover of American life and secured their place atop a brutal economic hierarchy.
Brief description: Dylan Gottlieb is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley University. A cohost of Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast, he has written for the Washington Post, Gotham, the Journal of American History, and Public Seminar.
Review Quotes: Gottlieb vividly demonstrates how the yuppie was not some passing 1980s trend but a historical phenomenon that radically reshaped our economic, cultural, and political landscapes. If you want to know how we ended up where we are today, read this fascinating, revelatory book.--Paulina Bren, author of The Barbizon and She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street