Books written by Richard V. Reeves

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  A New Contract with the Middle Class

  In A New Contract with the Middle Class Brookings senior fellows Isabel Sawhill and Richard Reeves outline the foundations of what that new contract should be, based on discussions they had across the country with middle-class Americans.

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  Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem,...

  This is not just an economic divide but a fracturing of American society along class lines.

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  Does Character Matter?: Essays on Opportunity and the American Dream

  Richard Reeves introduces this collection of short essays with a challenge: “I defy you to find a richer set of writings on the philosophical, empirical, and practical issues raised by a focus on character, and in particular its ...

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  Saving Horatio Alger: Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream

  THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars.

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  All Minus One: John Stuart Mill's Ideas on Free Speech Illustrated

  All Minus One: John Stuart Mill's Ideas on Free Speech Illustrated