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The new better off : reinventing the American dream by Courtney E. Martin is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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Are we living the good lifeand 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 __On Being__ columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off." __The New Better Off__ puts a name to the American phenomenon of rejecting the traditional dream of a 9-to-5 job, home ownership, and a nuclear family structureilluminating the alternate ways Americans are seeking happiness and success.Including commentary on recent changes in how we view work, customs and community, marriage, rituals, money, living arrangements, and spirituality, __The New Better Off__ uses personal stories and social analysis to explore the trends shaping our country today. Martin covers growing topics such as freelancing, collaborative consumption, communal living, and the breaking down of gender roles. __The New Better Off__ is about the creative choices individuals are making in their vocational and personal lives, but it’s also about the movements, formal and informal, that are coalescing around the New Better Off ideapeople who are reinventing the social safety net a

Who reads The new better off : reinventing the American dream?

Author

Courtney E. Martin

Publisher

Seal Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781580055796

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Sociology, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (178 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14