The Hidden History of the American Dream
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The Hidden History of the American Dream

The Demise of the Middle Classand How to Rescue Our Future

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eBook - ePub

The Hidden History of the American Dream

The Demise of the Middle Classand How to Rescue Our Future

About this book

America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to bring it back. The widening wealth gap is all too familiar to many Millennials and GenZers, especially when home ownership and the lack of debt seem like faraway fantasies. And it's no surprise when they only hold about 4.6% of the country's wealth while Boomers held 22% at around the same age. So what happened to the promise of the American Dream? In this new, final entry of his celebrated Hidden History Series, Thom Hartmann uncovers the rise of the American middle class through the progressive policies of FDR, through to its downfall with the increasing privatization and economic deregulations of the Reagan era. He also explores potential solutions including:

  • Wealth and inheritance taxes to lessen economic inequality
  • Supporting unions through increasing labor rights
  • Renationalizing public spaces and transportation

The American Dream often remains just a dream for many, but this book highlights what needs to be done to take it back and help make it a reality for us all.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: We Failed To Stop Them
  7. Creating the American Dream in Its Modern Form
  8. “Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men”
  9. What It Takes to Build a Middle Class
  10. Expanding the Base of the Middle Class
  11. Right to Work for Less
  12. How the American Dream of a Middle Class Helps Democracy
  13. Why Public Schools Are on the GOP’s Hit List
  14. Student Debt Harms the American Dream
  15. Housing Should Not Be a Commodity
  16. The Impact of Tax Policy on the American Dream
  17. The American Dream Requires a Healthy Populace Who Aren’t Crushed by Medical Costs
  18. Paid Sick Leave and Low-Cost Childcare to Revive the American Dream
  19. Invest in American Manufacturing
  20. Entrepreneurship and the American Dream
  21. For the Next Time Some Idiot Tries to Tell You the GOP Is the “Party of Business”
  22. Climate Change: Where Is the Accountability for the Killers Ushering in the Dream-Destroying Climate Apocalypse?
  23. Make Congress Wear NASCAR Patches
  24. Saving the American Dream for Zoomers and the Rest of Us
  25. Notes
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. Index
  28. About the Author