The Complacent Class - The Self-Defeating Quest For The American Dream

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A wake-up call for the complacent dreamers.

This book could be a good read for those who have noticed a shift in American society towards stagnation and comfort. It serves as a wake-up call, urging readers to question their own complacency and the potential repercussions it may have on the future. Through thought-provoking analysis, the book highlights the dangers of forsaking the traditionally mobile and risk-taking nature that once defined Americans. Prepare to have your perspectives challenged and gain a newfound understanding of the self-defeating quest for the American Dream.

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The Complacent Class - The Self-Defeating Quest For The American Dream

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ISBN: 9781250108692
Authors: Tyler Cowen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date of Publication: 2017-02-28
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Economics, Politics, Business, History, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 3.64
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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 legendary blogger, economist and bestelling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition—we’re working harder than ever to avoid change. We're moving residences less, marrying people more like ourselves and choosing our music and our mates based on algorithms that wall us off from anything that might be too new or too different. Match.com matches us in love. Spotify and Pandora match us in music. Facebook matches us to just about everything else.Of course, this “matching culture” brings tremendous positives: music we like, partners who make us happy, neighbors who want the same things. We’re more comfortable. But, according to Cowen, there are significant collateral downsides attending this comfort, among them heightened inequality and segregation and decreased incentives to innovate and create.The Great Social Stagnation argues that this cannot go on forever. We are postponing change, due to our near-sightedness and extreme desire for comfort, but ultimately this will make change, when it comes, harder. The forces unleashed by the Great Stagnation will eventually lead to a major fiscal and budgetary crisis: impossibly expensive rentals for our most attractive cities, worsening of residential segregation, and a decline in our work ethic. The only way to avoid this difficult future is for Americans to force themselves out of their comfortable slumber—to embrace their restless tradition again.
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A wake-up call for the complacent dreamers.

This book could be a good read for those who have noticed a shift in American society towards stagnation and comfort. It serves as a wake-up call, urging readers to question their own complacency and the potential repercussions it may have on the future. Through thought-provoking analysis, the book highlights the dangers of forsaking the traditionally mobile and risk-taking nature that once defined Americans. Prepare to have your perspectives challenged and gain a newfound understanding of the self-defeating quest for the American Dream.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.