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"The American Dream" is a phrase referring to a purported national ethos of the United States: that every person has the freedom and opportunity to succeed and attain a better life. [2] The phrase was popularized by James Truslow Adams during the Great Depression in 1931, [3] and has had different meanings over time.
The American Dream is over — at least in the way it was traditionally defined. That probably isn’t a surprise to younger generations who grew up during the Great Recession, faced a pandemic ...
The latest estimated price tag on the American dream now sits at a whopping $4.4 million, according to Investopedia, which factored in lifetime household costs, common major life milestones ...
The American dream has turned into a fantasy for many people living in the U.S. At the heart of the national ethos is the belief that anyone can achieve a happy life through hard work and ...
"An American Dream" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. He recorded it under the title "Voilá, An American Dream" on his 1978 album Ain't Living Long Like This , and released it as the B-side to that album's single " (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I ".
The new dream was the dream of instant wealth, won in a twinkling by audacity and good luck. [This] golden dream . . . became a prominent part of the American psyche only after Sutter's Mill. [4] Overnight, California gained the international reputation as the "golden state"—with gold and lawlessness the main themes. [5]
But the American dream is slowly slipping out of sight—in fact, nearly half the nation no longer believes it’s attainable at all. This is a point of concern for JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power is a book by political activist and linguist Noam Chomsky. It was created and edited by Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott. It lays out Chomsky's analysis of neoliberalism.