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Author McClelland, Peter D., author.

Title American dream dying : the changing economic lot of the least advantaged / Peter D. McClelland and Peter H. Tobin.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 127 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Problems of definition -- Standard of living -- Financial security -- Mobility -- Education and mobility -- The future: aggregate growth -- The future: distribution -- Fiscal constraints.
Note Print version record.
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.
Subject United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Subject Poor -- United States.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Subject Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Local Subject Poor people -- United States.
Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Added Author Tobin, Peter H., 1980-
Other Form: Print version: American dream dying. Landham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, ©2010 (DLC) 2009027157 (OCoLC)426065922
ISBN 9781442201972 (electronic bk.)
1442201975 (electronic bk.)
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