The Resource The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream, Tyler Cowen
The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream, Tyler Cowen
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The item The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream, Tyler Cowen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
- "Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a key American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change has produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation. The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist, and bestselling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition, working harder than ever to avoid change: moving less, marrying people more like ourselves, and making choices as often as possible 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. This "matching culture" brings positives: partners who make us happy, music we like, neighbors who want the same things that we do. We're more comfortable, but this comfort cannot go on forever. The Complacent Class argues that, by postponing change, we will make inevitable change harder and more disruptive. Our complacency will lead to a major fiscal and budgetary crisis, preposterous rents in desirable cities, heightened inequality, worsening segregation, a lackadaisical work ethic, and decreased incentives to innovate and create. To avoid this, Americans must stop stagnating and re-embrace restlessness."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Contents
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- The complacent class and its dangers
- Why have Americans 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 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
- 9781250108692
- Label
- The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream
- Title
- The complacent class
- Title remainder
- the self-defeating quest for the American dream
- Statement of responsibility
- Tyler Cowen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a key American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change has produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation. The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist, and bestselling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition, working harder than ever to avoid change: moving less, marrying people more like ourselves, and making choices as often as possible 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. This "matching culture" brings positives: partners who make us happy, music we like, neighbors who want the same things that we do. We're more comfortable, but this comfort cannot go on forever. The Complacent Class argues that, by postponing change, we will make inevitable change harder and more disruptive. Our complacency will lead to a major fiscal and budgetary crisis, preposterous rents in desirable cities, heightened inequality, worsening segregation, a lackadaisical work ethic, and decreased incentives to innovate and create. To avoid this, Americans must stop stagnating and re-embrace restlessness."--
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- Cowen, Tyler
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Social mobility
- Social classes
- United States
- United States
- Label
- The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream, Tyler Cowen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index
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- The complacent class and its dangers -- Why have Americans 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 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
- Control code
- ocn967557997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250108692
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967557997
- Label
- The complacent class : the self-defeating quest for the American dream, Tyler Cowen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The complacent class and its dangers -- Why have Americans 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 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
- Control code
- ocn967557997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250108692
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967557997
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