At its core, the American Dream is the vision statement for the United States.
Its most common definition, first coined by the author James Truslow Adams, is the dream of a land where people seek to live “better, richer, and fuller lives” regardless of where they started. And it has stood the test of time.
But the American Dream is not an assurance. For many decades, that dream was out of reach for many Americans because of the injustices of the past, which we should all acknowledge and learn from.
However, the promise of the American Dream was not born out of slavery. It was not born out of exploitative capitalism, or any other evil that people may want to ascribe to it. It was born out of freedom and aspiration.
Despite our incredible polarization, most Americans are hungry for a commonsense harmony where we respect each other and find something meaningful to coalesce around. I believe that common ground can be the national ethos of the American Dream.
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Gonzalo Schwarz is President and CEO at the Archbridge Institute. Gonzalo focuses on researching and writing about the American Dream, social mobility, the economics of human flourishing, economic development, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the institute’s "American Dream Snapshot” and editor of two publications focused on social mobility in Europe and Latin America. Gonzalo has an M.A. in economics from George Mason University and a B.A. in economics from the Catholic University of Bolivia. You can follow his Substack, "Living the Dream," where he writes about the American Dream.
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At its core, the American Dream is the vision statement for the United States.
Its most common definition, first coined by the author James Truslow Adams, is the dream of a land where people seek to live “better, richer, and fuller lives” regardless of where they started. And it has stood the test of time.
But the American Dream is not an assurance. For many decades, that dream was out of reach for many Americans because of the injustices of the past, which we should all acknowledge and learn from.
However, the promise of the American Dream was not born out of slavery. It was not born out of exploitative capitalism, or any other evil that people may want to ascribe to it. It was born out of freedom and aspiration.
Despite our incredible polarization, most Americans are hungry for a commonsense harmony where we respect each other and find something meaningful to coalesce around. I believe that common ground can be the national ethos of the American Dream.
Continue reading at Inside Sources.
Gonzalo Schwarz
Gonzalo Schwarz is President and CEO at the Archbridge Institute. Gonzalo focuses on researching and writing about the American Dream, social mobility, the economics of human flourishing, economic development, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the institute’s "American Dream Snapshot” and editor of two publications focused on social mobility in Europe and Latin America. Gonzalo has an M.A. in economics from George Mason University and a B.A. in economics from the Catholic University of Bolivia. You can follow his Substack, "Living the Dream," where he writes about the American Dream.
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