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Nov 9, 2017. 'Promoting individual happiness as our utmost ethos is self-defeating, as deeply divided societies turn unstable and unhappy'. The American Dream is broken. Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, recently stated that "in our country, the condition of your birth does not determine the outcome of your life."
The entrepreneur keeping the American dream alive. Alfa Demmellash co-founded Rising Tide Capital in 2004 to empower underserved urban entrepreneurs in northern New Jersey to start and grow successful businesses. Born in Ethiopia, she left at the age of 12 to start a new life in the US. She went on to study at Harvard and was named a Young ...
"I feel that the American Dream can be achieved best in the Nordic countries, where every child no matter their background or the background of their families can become anything," she said. Nordic nations top the Global Social Mobility Index, which considers what a country can do holistically to foster relative social mobility for all citizens.
The American Dream is the belief that upward mobility is attainable for everyone through their own actions. This implies that growth will be continuous and widespread, two factors that have seemingly deteriorated in recent decades. Researchers believe there are numerous complex reasons behind America’s stagnating wages.
Global cooperation is stalling – but new trade pacts show collaboration is still possible. Here are 6 to know about. From the UK and US cementing their ‘special relationship’ to China and Ecuador teaming up, these trade deals prove global cooperation is still possible.
The American dream, it turns out, is more real for children in Seattle than Atlanta, for poor kids growing up around Salt Lake City than Charlotte. Matthew O’Brien writes that the research by Raj Chetty, Nathanial Hendren, Patrick Kline and Emmanuel Saez show that factors such as the progressivity of local taxes, the cost of college, local ...
Here’s how policymakers, lawmakers and businesses can act on the four elements of Energy Efficiency 2.0 to prepare for the full-scale transition to renewable energy: 1. Electrify wherever possible. By transitioning from a fossil energy system to a fully electrified one, we can cut up to 40% of final energy consumption.
All that time in front of computers, phones and tablets is affecting people’s health. The majority of Americans now report symptoms of digital eye strain, including neck, shoulder and back pain (36%), eye strain (35%), headaches (25%), blurred vision (25%) and dry eyes (24%). Worryingly, the percentage of sufferers is greater among young people.
5. Number 17A by Jackson Pollock, $200 million. This was the second artwork bought in a 2015 $500 million deal by hedge fund manager Kenneth C Griffin. Pollock, an American abstract-impressionist known for his style of drip painting, also created the 11th most valuable artwork, No. 5, 1948.
Recognizing this, the World Economic Forum has recently launched its 100 Million Farmers platform to facilitate government leaders and private stakeholders around the world to take action to transform the food systems in several ways. First, it is a collaborative action platform. The time for change is now, we need to move from talk to action.