>Besides the economic conditions (which I think, though I'm not sure,
>were about the same in the early '70s as in the late '60s),
It wasn't until the 1974-5 recession that people got scared, and started thinking the Golden Age was over. I remember it well because that's when I was graduating from college. I started in 1971 and everyone assumed prosperity was our birthright. Four years later, the unemployment rate was 9% and the job market sucked. People were much less likely to take risks; instead, getting a job was the priority.
Doug