America's Human Arithmetic

As the US approaches its 250th anniversary, American discontent bubbles beneath theimpending celebrationsLess confident in their own institutions andincreasingly dissatisfied with their countrys international commitments,Americans are venting their frustration both at home and abroad.Yet thisdisaffection rumbles at the same time the US has achieved unparalleled wealthand unmatched global power. Why the disconnect?In this landmarkvolume, Nicholas Eberstadt answers that pressing question. Drawing on decadesof extraordinary scholarship, he lays out the nations human arithmetic indemographic, social, and economic terms.He demonstratesthat 21st-century America, for all its marvels and blessings, is nonethelessbeset by a New Misery: the practical and moral dilemmas of wealth in theabsence of well-being. New social afflictions hide in plain sightamong themthe astonishing flight of millions of men from the workforce and the surge incriminality, with over 20 million former felons living in our midst.In AmericasHuman Arithmetic, Eberstadtoffers a compelling and frightening diagnosis of modern social dysfunction. Heshows that the United States best years may yet be to comebut not ifAmericans are unwilling to face the challenges their human arithmetic laysbare.