Lydia Bethay’s Reviews > The Family Economy: Discovering the Family as It Was Designed to Work > Status Update

“life, liberty, in the pursuit of happiness ceased to be connected with …maintaining trust in respect with one’s neighbors— or even one’s own family. And the timeless bonds of family and community began to loosen.”

“a defining characteristic of the last 200 years has been the slow but steady decline of social attachments to family and community in conjunction with a rise in economic independence.”