Deterioration of Social Norms

David Brooks discusses the important new book by Charles Murray, which outlines the deterioration of social norms among lower income Americans. By most measures our divorce rates, work force participation rates have substantially deteriorated. A major problem for our country.

   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/opinion/brooks-the-great-divorce.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks


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"From the bestselling author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that historically have joined our classes."





















http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Apart-State-America-1960-2010/dp/0307453421

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