The American dream is not dead but populism could kill it
The American dream is not dead -- Dissenting points of view
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| Sprache: | eng |
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West Conshohocken, PA
Templeton Press
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The American dream is not dead -- Dissenting points of view Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American Dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers can&;t get ahead, wages have been stagnant for decades, and the middle class is dying. Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American Dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers can&;t get ahead, wages have been stagnant for decades, and the middle class is dying. Michael R. Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, disputes this rhetoric as both wrong and dangerous. In this succinctly argued volume, he shows that, on measures of economic opportunity and quality of life, there has never been a better time to be alive in America. He backs his argument with overwhelming&;and underreported&;data to show how the facts favor realistic optimism |
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| Beschreibung: | viii, 152 Seiten Diagramme, 1 Porträt 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781599475578 978-1-59947-557-8 |