COMPLACENT CLASS: THE SELF-DEFEATING QUEST FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM

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A wide-ranging, against-the-grain argument about the state of American culture—the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestseller--now in paperback with new material

"Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, The Complacent Class, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now." —Malcolm Gladwell 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.