The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream

Tyler Cowen

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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Year of publication:	[2017]
Authors:	Cowen, Tyler
Publisher:	New York : St. Martin's Press
Subject:	Soziale Mobilität \| Social mobility \| Arbeitsmobilität \| Labour mobility \| Soziale Schicht \| Social class \| Sozialer Wandel \| Social change \| USA \| United States \| Volkswirtschaftslehre \| The American dream \| Wirtschaftstheorie
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	241 Seiten
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-250-10869-2 ; 1-250-10869-1 ; 978-1-250-10870-8 ; 978-1-250-10878-8
Classification:	Soziale Stratifikation, soziale Mobilität
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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