The future is not as rosy, however, for the millions of younger boomers-the 40 and 50-somethings-pulling up the rear. Global competition and dramatic changes in the job market over the past decade have caught many of them ill-equipped. Whole lives have been shaken up as a result.
然而嬰兒潮後段生、數以百萬計的四、五十歲中年人就沒有那麼幸運了，近十多年來的一連串全球化競爭與職場劇變，讓許多人措手不及，整個人生佈局被全盤打亂。