The American Dream is Dying Where Civil Society is Eroding

Event Civil Society
Event Civil Society

March 12, 2019 The American Dream is Dying Where Civil Society is Eroding

The suffering of America's working class is real. Immobility, inequality, a retreat from marriage, and deaths of despair are the symptoms. In short, for much of the country, the American Dream is dead.

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2019

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Featured Author

Tim Carney

Tim Carney is the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of "The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money" and "Obamanomics: How Barack Obama is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses."

Description

The suffering of America's working class is real. Immobility, inequality, a retreat from marriage, and deaths of despair are the symptoms. In short, for much of the country, the American Dream is dead. The root cause is the collapse of local community for the working-class. The institutions of civil society that are still strong in some parts of America, specifically among the elites, are fading away as America secularizes and the classes drift apart. Join Tim Carney as he discusses his new book, Alienated America, documenting these tragic realities, and what we can do to combat them.