In his book, Laurence Shames argues that Americans will have to look beyond the ethic of success as measured by money in the 1990s. Why? There will be very little "more" for baby boomers who were taught to believe in the gospel of growth and to worship at the shrine of wealth. With a sharpshooter's accuracy, Shames, former ethics columnist for Esquire, fires off repeated volleys at the narcissim of Yuppies who near the end of the decade were restless in their jobs and feeling poor earning $600,000 a year. What was missing in their lives of conspicuous consumption? Freedom to indulge themselves or just waste time in harmless pleasures. Money addiction always leads to inner emptiness and the fast-track workaholics of the 80s are just beginning to feel deprived. Laurence Shames laments the waning of the middle-class, the onslaught of white collar crime, and the blindness of those who can't see that we are entering a period when diminished expectations will be the order of the day. He hopes that "our values will shift so that a sense of purpose, an ethic of service, and the desire to make a difference will be afforded a new respect." Only time will tell whether these worthwhile values will once again come to the fore. Meanwhile, we can begin fashioning new definitions of a well-lived life appropriate to muddling through in the 1990s.