{"product_id":"americas-human-arithmetic-9780844751047","title":"America's Human Arithmetic","description":"\u003cb\u003e\n\n\n\nAs the US\napproaches its 250th anniversary, American discontent bubbles beneath the\nimpending celebrations\u003c\/b\u003e. Less confident in their own institutions and\nincreasingly dissatisfied with their country’s international commitments,\nAmericans are venting their frustration both at home and abroad.\n\n\n\n\n\nYet this\ndisaffection rumbles at the same time the US has achieved unparalleled wealth\nand unmatched global power. Why the disconnect?\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this landmark\nvolume, Nicholas Eberstadt answers that pressing question. Drawing on decades\nof extraordinary scholarship, he lays out the nation’s “human arithmetic” in\ndemographic, social, and economic terms.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe demonstrates\nthat 21st-century America, for all its marvels and blessings, is nonetheless\nbeset by a “New Misery”: the practical and moral dilemmas of wealth in the\nabsence of well-being. New social afflictions hide in plain sight—among them\nthe astonishing flight of millions of men from the workforce and the surge in\ncriminality, with over 20 million former felons living in our midst. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn America’s\nHuman Arithmetic, Eberstadt\noffers a compelling and frightening diagnosis of modern social dysfunction. He\nshows that the United States’ best years may yet be to come—but not if\nAmericans are unwilling to face the challenges their human arithmetic lays\nbare.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Eberstadt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274121720059,"sku":"9780844751047","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_addcaa4c-a5ea-4f93-89af-b791a82fb83e.jpg?v=1771027023","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/americas-human-arithmetic-9780844751047","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}