Robert D. Putnam - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

Across the board, members of the Port Clinton, Ohio, high school class of 1959—Putnam among them--have enjoyed a higher standard of living than their parents. In recent years, however, such generational progress can’t be taken for granted. In this deeply researched study of the nation’s growing economic disparities, Putnam, Harvard professor of public policy and author of the classic Bowling Alone, draws on data, studies, and the real-life experiences of children from diverse socio-economic strata who face dwindling opportunities for economic mobility.