The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

By Tyler Cowen

Categories: Business & Money, Politics & Social Sciences

Economist Tyler Cowen argues that Americans have grown risk-averse and settled, with less mobility, innovation and dynamism than in the past.

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• Shane Parrish: “We’re becoming more risk-averse, moving less, productivity is declining outside of tech, and more medicated. Individually we’re settling, but collectively this has massive impacts like screwy politics and reduced competitiveness on an international level”