Fireside Chat: Richard Reeves on "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling"

Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened.

According to Reeves, our attitudes, our institutions, and our laws have failed to keep up. Conservative and progressive politicians, mired in their own ideological warfare, fail to provide thoughtful solutions.

The father of three sons, a journalist, and a Brookings Institution scholar, Reeves has spent 25 years worrying about boys both at home and work. His new book, Of Boys and Men (Brookings Institution Press, 2022), tackles the complex and urgent crisis of boyhood and manhood.

In an event hosted by the Institute for Policy Research, Reeves discussed his new book in a fireside chat with IPR Director and economist Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach.