The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream /
Cowen, Tyler, 1962-
The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream / Tyler Cowen. - 241 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.
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.
Examines the trend of Americans away from the traditionally mobile, risk-accepting, and adaptable tendencies that defined them for much of recent history, and toward stagnation and comfort, and how this development has the potential to make future changes more disruptive. --Publisher's description.
9781250108708 (paperback)
Social mobility--United States.
Movilidad social --Estados Unidos
Social classes--United States.
Clases sociales--Estados Unidos
United States--Social conditions--1980-
Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1980-
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
HN 90 / C874c 2017
305.5/130973
The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream / Tyler Cowen. - 241 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.
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.
Examines the trend of Americans away from the traditionally mobile, risk-accepting, and adaptable tendencies that defined them for much of recent history, and toward stagnation and comfort, and how this development has the potential to make future changes more disruptive. --Publisher's description.
9781250108708 (paperback)
Social mobility--United States.
Movilidad social --Estados Unidos
Social classes--United States.
Clases sociales--Estados Unidos
United States--Social conditions--1980-
Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1980-
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
HN 90 / C874c 2017
305.5/130973