{"product_id":"americas-human-arithmetic-essential-essays-from-nicholas-eberstadt-volume-2-paperback","title":"America's Human Arithmetic: Essential Essays from Nicholas Eberstadt, Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Eberstadt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an urgent, data-driven collection of essays from AEI scholar Nicholas Eberstadt that confronts America's paradox of unmatched wealth and power alongside rising discontent, examining the birth rate crisis and demographic decline, millions of men without work, welfare dependency, the education crisis, and mass criminality, and revealing a \"New Misery\" that challenges what Americans think they know about the nation's health as it approaches its 250th anniversary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the US\u003cbr\u003eapproaches its 250th anniversary, American discontent bubbles beneath the\u003cbr\u003eimpending celebrations. Less confident in their own institutions and\u003cbr\u003eincreasingly dissatisfied with their country's international commitments, \u003cbr\u003eAmericans are venting their frustration both at home and abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet this\u003cbr\u003edisaffection rumbles at the same time the US has achieved unparalleled wealth\u003cbr\u003eand unmatched global power. Why the disconnect?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this landmark\u003cbr\u003evolume, Nicholas Eberstadt answers that pressing question. Drawing on decades\u003cbr\u003eof extraordinary scholarship, he lays out the nation's \"human arithmetic\" in\u003cbr\u003edemographic, social, and economic terms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe demonstrates\u003cbr\u003ethat 21st-century America, for all its marvels and blessings, is nonetheless\u003cbr\u003ebeset by a \"New Misery\" the practical and moral dilemmas of wealth in the\u003cbr\u003eabsence of well-being. New social afflictions hide in plain sight--among them\u003cbr\u003ethe astonishing flight of millions of men from the workforce and the surge in\u003cbr\u003ecriminality, with over 20 million former felons living in our midst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn America's\u003cbr\u003eHuman Arithmetic, Eberstadt\u003cbr\u003eoffers a compelling and frightening diagnosis of modern social dysfunction. He\u003cbr\u003eshows that the United States' best years may yet be to come--but not if\u003cbr\u003eAmericans are unwilling to face the challenges their human arithmetic lays\u003cbr\u003ebare.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46260041515143,"sku":"9780844751030","price":25.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/sFV_wB5bau9780844751030.webp?v=1792540282","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/americas-human-arithmetic-essential-essays-from-nicholas-eberstadt-volume-2-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}