Is the Modern Male Suffering?

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A lot of modern poisoned men are struggling in a number of domains. The gap between us two is wider than it was years ago, he says. Men wite 13 per centage points more likely to get a four year college degree. Now it's 15 per centage point more likely for a woman to get one. Most men in the us Earn less to day than most men did in 19 79 and they would be poorer if measured by earnings alone.

Richard Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Dream Hoarders and, most recently, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Richard Reeves discuss how the upper middle-class has cornered the market on economic opportunity; why helping men does not mean undoing progress for women; and whether the problems facing men and boys are more structural than we often think.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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