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schwartz. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. the miriam and ira d. wallach foundation. josh and judy weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual, and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ha yonktu. no >> welcome to ouour program, this evening three books, we begin with charles murray, the book is called "coming apart: the state of white america from 1960 to 2010" david brooks of "the new york times" said i will be shocked if there is another book this year that so spellingly described the most important trends in american society. >> i'm in search of a way to get across to people that we had a civic culture that wasn't the same for all classes but it was really similar across upper middle class and working class. and that has disappeared. so we now have the upper-- upper middle class and working class to separate on some key core behaviors and values. and that's big news because this