Daniel Brook (born Brooklyn) is an American urbanist, historian, journalist and author.
His articles have appeared in Harper's, The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate.
[1] Published in 2007, The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America, argues that increasing income gap puts pressure on educated young Americans to choose between following their interests and dreams or working for a large salary.
According to one review, "although once-idealistic college graduates have taken private sector gigs for decades, Brook shows in his new book...that it has now become a financial necessity.
For example, "(a)ll of the questions St. Petersburg raises are still with us: Which way should a city face: outward to the globe, or inward to the nation?