The American dream has now become the Canadian (and European) dream

Who says so? An American: two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Nicholas Kristof.

In this piece for the “New York Times”; he argues:

“… today the American dream has derailed, partly because of growing inequality. Or maybe the American dream has just swapped citizenship, for now it is more likely to be found in Canada or Europe — and a central issue in this year’s political campaigns should be how to repatriate it.

A report last month in The Times by David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy noted that the American middle class is no longer the richest in the world, with Canada apparently pulling ahead in median after-tax income. Other countries in Europe are poised to overtake us as well.”

It’s time for Americans to stop thinking it’s the land of opportunity. It is for a few – but for most it’s a land of growing inequality.


 




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