Tyler Cowen's The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream is a thought-provoking examination of what the American Dream is and how people reach it, using economic and sociological data in an easily-digested manner to back up assertions.
Although The Complacent Class was an enjoyable read as is, Cowen could have used the same data to reach the same conclusions for a differently-titled book—a flaw that does not detract from the book's merit, however.
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