Men Without Work

Say what you will about Donald Trump - he has successfully tapped into the mother lode of an angry and disaffected vein.

Going to take an intellectual deep dive into this with Men Without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt.

According to the American Enterprise Institute more people—but especially men in their prime—are out of work than ever before. Eberstadt, America’s leading demographer and political economist, exposes this reality with fresh, detailed demographic data. He concludes that there is a new population of men—beyond the “employed” and “unemployed”—that are “unemployed but not looking for work.” Who are these men? Why are they not looking for work? And how has the welfare state influenced, contributed to, or even exacerbated the reality of this new class of men?  This book pays particular attention to this group, presenting a clear, researched look at what all Americans can no longer ignore.