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Confidence In The American Dream

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The American dream was defined by historian James Truslow Adams to be “that vision of a land-dwelling in which life should be well, wealthier, and fuller for everyone, with increased opportunity for each individual according to their skills or accomplishments” in 1931. But our society has experienced vast changes from 1931 to 2016. Confidence in the American Dream among people is becoming inexistent. Statistics show as of 2014 nearly half of Americans state the American Dream is dead. Adam Levin, writer for Credit.com shared some remarkable data on debt and deficit of the American Dream. It seems that for millions of millennials, the American Dream is not what it used to be. The results from Adam’s study found while 27.9% of respondents see
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