50s as American's greatest years doesn't resonate? Sounds like you're not a Boomer.

Here's why that time when America was once theoretically the best ever may not sync with what you remember.

Today’s Boomers—reduced to only one out of five Americans from the Boomer heyday dominance of one out of three—are often the loudest bemoaning “the good old days,” with a general default to the late 50s. If that doesn’t feel right to you, here’s why.

Digging deeply into data, one simple variable—more than any other—determines when you think the nation …