Description |
241 pages ; 25 cm |
Summary |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index. |
Subject |
Social mobility -- United States.
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Social classes -- United States.
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Migration, Internal -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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ISBN |
9781250108692 (hardcover) |
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