Introduction

1 . The Rise of the Educated Class

2 . Consumption

3 . Business Life

4 . Intellectual Life

5 . Pleasure

6 . Spiritual Life

7 . Politics and Beyond

Acknowledgments

Index

David Brooks is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek, and a commentator on NPR and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He lives in Washington, D.C.