Happiness for All? : : Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream / / Carol Graham.
How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today?...
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Graham, Carol, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Happiness for All? : Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream / Carol Graham. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (208 p.) : 20 line illus. 12 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Happened to Horatio Alger? -- 3 Who Believes in the American Dream? -- 4 The High Costs of Being Poor in the Land of the Dream -- 5 Well-Being, Aspirations, and Outcomes -- 6 Can We Save the Dream? -- Appendix -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting-edge research linking income inequality with well-being to show how the widening prosperity gap has led to rising inequality in people's beliefs, hopes, and aspirations.For the United States and other developed countries, the high costs of being poor are most evident not in material deprivation but rather in stress, insecurity, and lack of hope. The result is an optimism gap between rich and poor that, if left unchecked, could lead to an increasingly divided society. Graham reveals how people who do not believe in their own futures are unlikely to invest in them, and how the consequences can range from job instability and poor education to greater mortality rates, failed marriages, and higher rates of incarceration. She describes how the optimism gap is reflected in the very words people use-the wealthy use words that reflect knowledge acquisition and healthy behaviors, while the words of the poor reflect desperation, short-term outlooks, and patchwork solutions. She also explains why the least optimistic people in America are poor whites, not poor blacks or Hispanics.Happiness for All? highlights the importance of well-being measures in identifying and monitoring trends in life satisfaction and optimism-and misery and despair-and demonstrates how hope and happiness can lead to improved economic outcomes. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) American Dream. Equality United States. Social classes United States. Social mobility United States. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General. bisacsh Horatio Alger society. United States. aspiration. behavioral outcomes. despair. divided society. happiness. income distribution. income mobility. inequality. life satisfaction. misery. mobility. opioid addiction. optimism. poor people. poor. poverty. rich people. rich. stress. well-being measures. well-being. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543322 print 9780691169460 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400884971?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400884971 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400884971.jpg |
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