Cowen, Tyler,   1962- <br/><br/>
The complacent class :  the self-defeating quest for the American dream / 
Tyler Cowen. 
 - 241 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250108708 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social mobility--United States.<br/>Movilidad social --Estados Unidos<br/>Social classes--United States.<br/>Clases sociales--Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1980-<br/>Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1980-<br/>United States--Economic conditions--2009-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN 90   / C874c 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5/130973