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Author:

Cowen, Tyler, author.

Title:

The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream / Tyler Cowen.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Social mobility--United States.
Social classes--United States.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
United States--Economic conditions--2009-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1250108691 (hardcover)
9781250108692 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016049031

Locations:

MIPA194 -- Alta Vista Public Library (Alta Vista)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)