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The American Dream in Crisis

Simon & Schuster, 2015 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

Harvard public policy professor Robert D. Putnam documents the tragic plight of the American dream of upward mobility. His case studies, statistics and charts illustrate how the lower class has diverged from the middle and upper classes in economics, education, health and other areas. The personal accounts of people struggling against overwhelming and multifaceted circumstances will break your heart. getAbstract recommends Putnam’s presentation to educators, parents, politicians, policy makers, NGOs, and anyone interested in creating a more functional, fair society in the United States.

Take-Aways

  • The American ideal of economic mobility no longer exists.
  • Life experience in the US differs markedly by class.
  • Class segregation grows as economic inequality increases.

About the Author

Robert D. Putnam is Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, winner of the Skytte Prize and the National Humanities Medal, and author of American Grace and Bowling Alone.


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