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Prof. Wax op-ed on “bourgeois culture” spurs intense debate, strong reactions

September 05, 2017

Amy Wax, the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, with co-author Larry Alexander of the University of San Diego School of Law, recently published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Paying the price for breakdown of the country’s bourgeois culture.” The piece provoked intense debate, as well as strong reactions, across the ideological spectrum.

Amy Wax, the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, with co-author Larry Alexander of the University of San Diego School of Law, recently published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Paying the price for breakdown of the country’s bourgeois culture.” The piece provoked intense debate, as well as strong reactions, across the ideological spectrum.

Compiled below are related commentaries and responses by Penn Law faculty members.