Title The new better off : reinventing the American dream / Courtney E. Martin.

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Berkeley, California : Seal Press, [2016]

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	306.0973 M379N	Check Shelf

Description	286 pages ; 24 cm
Summary	"Are we living the good life--and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TED speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283).
Note	Includes discussion guide (pages 285-286).
Contents	How do you want to be?: thinking differently about vocation -- Working alone, together: flexibility and friendship in a freelance era -- Norma Rae for a new century: how labor, power, and care are being remade -- The wisdom of enough: making sound financial decisions in a culture that overvalues money -- Fighting to be whole: how men and falling in love with fathering -- Harnessing the wind: directing attention where it matters most in an age of distraction -- The end of "mine": how our relationship to ownership is changing -- Tearing down the white picket fence: reclaiming community -- Regrowing our roots: the power and complexity of investing in local community -- Ritual remixed: making meaning and marking moments amidst the chaos of modern life -- The thread of revelation: creating communities that help us ask the hard questions.
Subject	United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
	United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Motivational.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Careers -- General.
	Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers.
	Wohlstand. (DE-588)4128492-6
	Lebensqualität. (DE-588)4034922-6
	Berufswahl. (DE-588)4005962-5
	Flexibilität. (DE-588)4125037-0
	Heimatgefühl. (DE-588)4288297-7
	Familienleben. (DE-588)4193364-3
	Work-Life-Balance. (DE-588)7671849-9
	Gemeinschaft. (DE-588)4020015-2
	Eigentum. (DE-588)4013793-4
Chronological Term	2000-2099
ISBN	9781580055796 hardcover
	1580055796 hardcover

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