Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American Dream is dead.
Dionne and Henry Olsen provide spirited responses to Strain\'s argument..
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To prevent this self-fulfilling prophecy, Strain\'s book is urgent reading for anyone feeling the pull of the populists.
If enough people start to believe the Dream is dead, they could, in effect, Kill it.
And their erroneous claim that the American Dream is dead Could discourage people from taking advantage of real opportunities to better their lives.
Their policies would leave workers worse off.
He warns, however, that the false prophets of Populism pose a serious danger to our current and future prosperity.
He backs his argument with overwhelming--and underreported--data to show how the facts favor realistic optimism.
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.
Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, disputes this rhetoric as both wrong and dangerous.
Michael R.
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
