Decline and fall: how American society unravelled

Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 07:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

In or around 1978, America's character changed. For almost half a century, the United States had been a relatively egalitarian, secure, middle-class democracy, with structures in place that supported the aspirations of ordinary people. You might call it the period of the Roosev …

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