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The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

By Tyler , Cowen

Book information

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781250108692, 9781250108708, 1250108691
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
630 kB (644820 bytes)
Pages
1 vol. (241 p.) : jaquette ill. en coul. ; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Classes sociales--États-Unis;Conditions économique

Description

The complacent class and its dangers -- Why Americans have stopped moving, or is your hometown really so special? -- The reemergence of segregation -- Why Americans stopped creating -- The respite of the well-ordered match: love, music, and even your dog -- Why Americans stopped rioting and instead legalized marijuana -- How a dynamic society looks and feels -- Political stagnation, the dwindling of true democracy, and Alexis de Tocqueville as prophet of our time -- The return of chaos, and why the complacent class cannot hold The complacent class and its dangers -- Why Americans have stopped moving, or is your hometown really so special? -- The reemergence of segregation -- Why Americans stopped creating -- The respite of the well-ordered match: love, music, and even your dog -- Why Americans stopped rioting and instead legalized marijuana -- How a dynamic society looks and feels -- Political stagnation, the dwindling of true democracy, and Alexis de Tocqueville as prophet of our time -- The return of chaos, and why the complacent class cannot hold

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