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

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 descript...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cowen, Tyler (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Subjects:	United States > Social conditions > 1980- Social mobility > United States. Social classes > United States. United States > Economic conditions > 2009- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology. Economic history. Social classes. Social conditions. Social mobility. United States. Since 1980

Table of 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.