Adrift: A Data-Driven Look at America

From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation and how we got here. We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future, as political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, leaving us faced with daunting questions. Is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change, change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class.

In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past, from 1945 to the present day, to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today's perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all and offers Galloway's unique take on where we're headed and who we'll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream.

Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, the question is: What will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? Galloway's examination of the future of our nation is both urgent and necessary, as we grapple with the challenges and uncertainties that lie ahead.

The book explores how the crises of the past, from Jim Crow to the Stock Market Crash of 2008, have contributed to the current perfect storm facing America. Galloway delves into the escalating power of technology, the entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, all of which have disrupted the workings of our economy and threatened the financial backbone of the middle class.

Adrift offers a unique perspective on where we're headed as a nation and who we'll become, touching on a wide range of topics, from online dating to minimum wage to the American dream. Galloway's analysis is both thought-provoking and timely, as we navigate the uncharted waters of our post-pandemic future.

Just as in the pivotal years of 1945 and 1980, America is once again at a crossroads. The question now is: What will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? Galloway's book provides a critical framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, as we work to shape the future of our country.

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