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"America has broken its contract with its laboring class. So, how do we get back to the American Dream? How do we once again become the land of opportunity, the promised land where hard work and commitment to family are enough to protect you from poverty? It's not that hard actually. All it would take, as this book illustrates, is for those in power to once again respect the dignity of work-and the American worker"--

American Dream --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Working class

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"In 2007, with the advent of the Great Recession, tens of millions of Americans faced challenges that threatened their economic and psychological well-being. Central to this recession were the threats to the nexus between family and work, with many forces hollowing out the middle class and greatly weakening the health of the working class. Against this backdrop, the hit reality show Shark Tank premiered in 2009 and provided a version of the 'American Dream' that was modest and even tangible. In a time of economic upheaval, the show has offered visions of ambitious entrepreneurs chasing after this dream, often successfully so. In a time of dystopian circumstances, the show has offered its audience utopian pleasures. Cultural historian Daniel Horowitz ties these two threads together, observing that it is no coincidence that Shark Tank launched when the effects of the Great Recession were widely felt and provides a window into the ways mass media explains the opportunities, traps, and dynamics of capitalism. He examines the pervasive popularity of the cult of the entrepreneur and digs into the entrepreneurial culture genre to explain just how this particular manifestation of capitalist culture distorts economic reality and affects the public's sense of what's possible in the 'American Dream' today"--

Entrepreneurship --- American Dream. --- Reality television programs --- Shark tank (Television program)

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"The unemployment rate has neared record lows and the stock market neared record highs in 2019. Yet the gap between low- and moderate-income Americans and their wealthier counterparts is greater than ever. In 2019, founder and CEO of Promontory Financial Group Gene Ludwig gathered a bipartisan group of the nation's foremost economic thinkers - academics and politicians, CEOs and former presidential advisors - to break with convention and candidly discuss that widening gap. The Vanishing American Dream: A Frank Look at the Economic Realities Facing Middle- and Lower-Income Americans comes from their insights. Ordinary Americans are struggling along common lines and raising questions about our nation's future. Where should government invest? What role should the private sector play? And how did our American Dream begin to slip into myth? While they debate the solutions, these diverse men and women find one point in common: There's a prosperity problem in America. Combining expertise with optimism, The Vanishing American Dream invites readers to take a seat at the table and a bracing look at economic injustice"--

Middle class --- American Dream. --- Income distribution --- Idealism, American --- Materialism --- Success --- United States --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy

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"Between 1920 and 1950 America saw an unprecedented expansion of wealth and power underwritten by technological innovation, cultural confidence, and victory in war. American elites won World War II, rebuilt the world order with America at its head, inaugurated the jet age and put a man on the moon. The boom led to a larger, richer middle that confirmed America's best ideals. By the early 1970s that ended. Since then, American elites have captured a disproportionate share of the social and economic rewards over the last 50 years during which time the middle class has shrunk in size and become economically insecure, owning a smaller share of national wealth than at any time in our history despite most households having two income earners versus the single income household that characterized the period of shared prosperity. At the same time, technological innovation that improves people's standard of living has dramatically slowed. This undermines the basic premise behind the broad acceptance of a meritocratic elite, whose rule is predicated on the belief that if the best rise to the top, their talent and energy will create a rising tide that lifts all the boats. We had that once. We can have it again. This book is the story of how American elites won, lost, and can win again"--

Economic development --- Income distribution --- Elite (Social sciences) --- American Dream. --- History. --- Sociological aspects. --- United States --- Economic conditions

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