| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 127 p.) |
| Contents |
Problems of definition -- Standard of living -- Financial security -- Mobility -- Education and mobility -- The future: aggregate growth -- The future: distribution -- Fiscal constraints |
| Summary |
"The American Dream" means many things to many people, but at its core are three economic goals: a rising standard of living, financial security, and upward mobility. During the last 30 years, the economy of the United States has been radically transformed. In the same time period, the possibilities for realizing the American Dream have also been radically transformed, and for the worse, particularly for those at the bottom of the income distribution. This book is based upon two premises. The first is that the pervasiveness of the withering of the American Dream across this country is a story |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Poor -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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Economic history.
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Poor.
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Social conditions
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tobin, Peter H., 1980-
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| LC no. |
2021679511 |
| ISBN |
9781442201972 |
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1282480642 |
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9781282480643 |
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1442201975 |
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