The Paradox of Progress: Can Americans Regain Their Confidence in a Prosperous Future?

by Richard B. McKenzie

Things have never been better--and tomorrow they'll be better still. So argues Richard B. McKenzie in this provocative new book, The Paradox of Progress. Despite all the press stories of lay-offs and stagnant wages, despite all the talk of economic insecurity, says McKenzie, Americans have never lived so well, or had so many opportunities. The question, he writes, is not why things aren't better, but why does everyone keep complaining.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102398
• ISBN13: 9780195102390
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"