{"product_id":"the-good-life-and-its-discontents-the-american-dream-in-the-age-of-entitlement-9780679781523","title":"The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement","description":"A New York Times Business Book Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShrewd and optimistic. . . .  \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e] combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights. --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday 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 book, our country suffers from a national sense of entitlement--a feeling that someone, whether Big Business or Big Government, should guarantee us secure jobs, rising living standards, social harmony, and personal fulfillment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuelson, a national columnist for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, links our rising expectations with our belief in a post-Cold War vision of an American utopia. Using history, economics, and psychology, he exposes the hubris of economists and corporate managers and indicts a government that promises too much to too many constituencies. Like David Reisman's \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e and John Kenneth Galbraith's \u003ci\u003eThe Affluent Society\u003c\/i\u003e, the result is a book that defines its time--and that is sure to shape the national debate for years to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA smart, balanced epitaph for an era--with a few clues for what's ahead. --\u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucid  and] nonsectarian . . . Samuelson traces how the reasonable demand for progress has given way to the excessive demand for perfection. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Samuelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.18w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679781523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert J. Samuelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist for \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post. \u003c\/i\u003eHe began his journalism career as a reporter for\u003ci\u003e the Post \u003c\/i\u003ein 1969. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Inflation and Its Aftermath; The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUntruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of his columns. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Judy Herr. They have three children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40085637398643,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8b469755-e32c-4627-92cf-2040d153cb17.jpg?v=1652451002","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-good-life-and-its-discontents-the-american-dream-in-the-age-of-entitlement-9780679781523","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}