Contents
1. Rise of the Shareholder Class
7. Productivity Soars, Compensation Stagnates
11. Stock Market Participation
13. Billions of People Work Their Way Out of Poverty
17. The Red Blood Cells of the Consumer Economy
19. Accelerating Technological Advancement
20. U.S. Institutions = Genius Factories
22. Turning Away From Community Organizations
23. Water Safety in the Richest Country in the World
24. Privatized R&D = Privatized Progress
25. College Has Become the Entry Requirement to the Middle Class
26. The Gross Idolatry of Innovators . . . by Innovators
28. The Entrenchment of Wealth
29. It’s Never Been Easier to Be a Trillion-Dollar Company
30. The MDMA Dealer of Capitalism Is the Corporate Communications Exec
35. From Lopsided to Dystopian
37. The Minimum Wage Is Decades Behind
39. Financialization and Asset Inflation
40. Asset Inflation Comes Home
41. An Assault on America’s Prosperity
43. The U.S. Healthcare System Is Embarrassingly Inefficient
44. Waking Up From the American Dream
45. We’re All Addicted to Our Phones
52. Media Fuels Misunderstanding About Crime
54. Marriage Rates Are at Record Lows
55. Women Value Earning Potential in Male Partners
56. Men’s Share of College Enrollment at Record Lows
57. Online Dating Apps Are More Inequitable Than Almost Anywhere on Earth
58. Political Divides Become Social Divides
60. Population Growth Is Slowing to Great Depression Levels
62. Mass Murder Is a Uniquely Male Crime
63. The Long-Term Erosion of Trust in the Federal Government
65. Those Funding the Future Reflect the Past
66. The United States Retains the Title
67. The Dominance of the U.S. Dollar
68. China Has Replaced the U.S. as the Most Popular Trading Partner
69. The U.S. Gets Less for Its Military Dollar
70. Military Spending Doesn’t Always Equate to Effectiveness
71. Chinese Leadership in Military Drones
72. Does Our Budget Allocation Align With Our Threats?
73. Erosion of the World’s Most Important Brand
74. The U.S. Is No Longer the World’s Laboratory
75. Clean Energy’s Silk Road Runs Through China
76. The Spawning Ground for Capitalism’s Apex Predators
8. The Bright Side of Instability
80. Immigrants Are the Original Entrepreneurs
83. Printing Our Way to Prosperity
85. Investment in the Social Safety Net
86. Smothered by the Safety Net
89. Space Is Lonely Without Friends
91. Rebuild the Regulatory System
92. Restore the Algebra of Deterrence
94. Rethink the Land of the Free Incarcerated
95. Enact a One-Time Wealth Tax
97. Support Children and Family Formation
99. Enable Other Pathways for Upward Mobility
100. Invest in National Service
Excerpt from The Algebra of Happiness
