I don't think that "The Roaring 2000s" is really inapt. I suspect that when people look back on the decade from 50 years hence, they will see it as a boom time

I don't think that "The Roaring 2000s" is really inapt. I suspect that when people look back on the decade from 50 years hence, they will see it as a boom time that ran out of steam pretty spectacularly towards the end. The events of the first few years in any decade seem to be weighted more heavily when that decade is summed up later than events that occur in the latter years. I don't have an opinion either way on Dent, but the titles and publication dates of his books don't make him look that bad.