Adrift: 100 Charts that Reveal Why America is on the Brink of Change

Reviews

C

I appreciate the author compiling all these charts in one book, I will likely be rereading this book in the future to see if some of these trends continue. The book isn’t entirely presented in a chronological format, though it does start with a focus more on history and ends with some ideas for future changes. He explains that we are now facing another tough economic situation, and his goal with this book is to show how we got here, where we are, and where we might be headed.

In the Preface Galloway explores the financial challenges that the US faced in the past, in the post-war 1940s, and in 1980. There were many charts that really highlighted some striking changes and economic differences that I was unaware of; and sometimes being able to see these things presented in a more visual form can have more impact than just reading about them.

Overall, I found this book to be interesting and somewhat surprising. Each chapter has a chart or graph, designed to help illustrate the points the author is making.

Each chapter consists of about a page of text describing the issue, and then a chart, diagram, or picture that illustrates the topic. This book is divided into ten parts, with 100 “chapters”, and a total of about 252 pages, not including Acknowledgements and Notes.