Fascinating look at the development over time of the new upper-middle class and the new lower class. Murray takes an in-depth look at the direction Tr country is headed as a burgeoning class bubbles begins to divide America. Incredibly relevant, even 6 yrs later.

"My proposition is that the hollow elite is as dysfunctional in its way as the new lower class is in its way. Personally and as families, its members are successful. But they have abdicated their responsibility to set and promulgate standards.

"A social conservative may see a compelling case for government policies that support marriage, religion, and traditional values. I am a libertarian, and see a compelling case for returning to the founders' concept of limited government."