The Good Life and Its Discontents
The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 November 1997
Summary
A New York Times Business Book Bestseller
“Shrewd and optimistic… . The Good Life and Its Discontents combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights.” -The New Republic
Today Americans are wealthier, healthier, and live longer than at any previous time in our history. As a society, we have never had it so good. Yet, paradoxically, many of us have never felt so bad. For, as Robert J. Samuelson observes in this visionary boo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679781523 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679781528 |
| Author: | Robert J. Samuelson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 1997 |
| Weight: | 383g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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About The Author
Robert J. Samuelson
Robert J. Samuelson is a columnist for the Washington Post. He began his journalism career as a reporter for the Post in 1969. He is the author of The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath; The Good Life and Its Discontents - The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement; and Untruth - Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong, a collection of his columns. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Judy Herr. They have three children.
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