American Dream Dying
The Changing Economic Lot of the Least Advantaged
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Peter D. McClelland, Peter Tobin | ISBN: | 9781442201972 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter D. McClelland, Peter Tobin |
| ISBN: | 9781442201972 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Using recent polling results, this book identifies the core economic components of the American Dream: standard of living, financial security, and upward mobility. The authors document the trend in each of these components over the last thirty years, using figures (trend lines and bar charts) based upon the best available data. Collectively, this evidence has alarming implications for the economic fate of those at the bottom of the nation's income distribution. For that group, as the authors show, the American Dream is dying.
Using recent polling results, this book identifies the core economic components of the American Dream: standard of living, financial security, and upward mobility. The authors document the trend in each of these components over the last thirty years, using figures (trend lines and bar charts) based upon the best available data. Collectively, this evidence has alarming implications for the economic fate of those at the bottom of the nation's income distribution. For that group, as the authors show, the American Dream is dying.
