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

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The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream - Cowen, Tyler
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"Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs. The problem, according to ... Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition--we're working harder than ever to avoid change ... Cowen [believes that] there are significant collateral downsides attending this comfort, among them heightened inequality and ...

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The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream 2018, Picador USA, New York

ISBN-13: 9781250153777

Trade paperback

The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream 2017, St. Martin's Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781250108692

Hardcover