{"product_id":"complacent-class-paperback","title":"Complacent Class - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTyler Cowen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wide-ranging, against-the-grain argument about the state of American culture--the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller--now in paperback with new material\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Complacent Class\u003c\/i\u003e, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now.\" --Malcolm Gladwell \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe problem, according to legendary blogger, economist and best selling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition--we're working harder than ever to \u003ci\u003eavoid\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf course, this \"matching culture\" brings tremendous positives: music we like, partners who make us happy, neighbors who want the same things. We're more \u003ci\u003ecomfortable\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Complacent Class\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTyler Cowen \u003c\/b\u003e(Ph.D.) holds the Holbert L. Harris chair in economics at George Mason University. He is the author of a number of explanatory and text books and also writes the most read economics blog worldwide, marginalrevolution.com. He has written regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and contributes to a wide number of newspapers and periodicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44503244308615,"sku":"9781250153777","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/vDquPd-UAC9781250153777.webp?v=1776678422","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/complacent-class-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}