LEADER 00000cim 2200481 i 4500 001 1151612 003 TLC 005 20230713220451.0 006 m h 007 cr una|||||||| 007 sz usnnnn|||ed 008 230713s2023 nyunnnn o|||||||| n eng d 020 9780593790496 (electronic audio bk.) 028 42 3715DFEF-5A75-4B4F-A24F-C7CF4C90B2B2|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 037 3715DFEF-5A75-4B4F-A24F-C7CF4C90B2B2|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TLC|cTLC|dTLC|erda 043 n-us--- 082 00 330.973|223/eng/20230316 099 eAudiobook OverDrive/Libby 099 eAudiobook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Leonhardt, David,|d1973-|eauthor. 245 10 Ours was the shining future|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] :|bthe rise and fall of the American dream / |cDavid Leonhardt. 264 1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2023] 300 1 sound file :|bdigital 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 audio file|2rda 380 eAudiobook|2tlcgt 385 General|2tlctarget 500 Electronic audio file. 505 0 Introduction -- Power -- Culture -- Investment -- Race and the wisdom of A. Philip Randolph -- The left splits -- Disorder -- The culture starts to change -- The Reagan revolution -- The neoliberalist era of immigration -- Education and the decline of investment -- Conclusion. 520 "The stagnation of living standards for most Americans over the past few decades has been the defining trend of modern life in the United States. Wealth and educational attainment have all slowed to a crawl in the twenty first century, while life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and the Black-White wage gap is as large as it was when Harry Truman was president. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? Drawing from decades of writing about the economy for the New York Times, as well as years spent digging through archives, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Leonhardt tells the story of the past century of the American economy, starting with the Great Depression and the invention of the term "American dream." UNTITLED explains how the United States built the most prosperous mass economy in history after the Depression, then examines how that economy unraveled after our postwar boom. Its central argument is that three forces, above all, have dictated the economy's rise and fall: political power through grass -roots movement, culture, and investment in making life better for the future. Filled with the clear, lucid writing for which Leonhardt is known, UNTITLED is an enlightening economic history, featuring the unforgettable figures who helped shape the American dream: Frances Perkins, Eisenhower, Cesar Chavez, Betty Friedan, Robert Kennedy, Grace Hopper, Paul Hoffman, and more"--|cProvided by publisher. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cBooks on Tape|d2023 |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 650 0 American Dream. 651 0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y20th century. 651 0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y21st century. 651 0 United States|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 651 0 United States|xSocial conditions|y21st century. 655 7 Electronic audio books.|2local 710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor. 776 08 |iOnline version:|aLeonhardt, David, 1973-|tOurs was the shining future|bFirst edition.|dNew York : Random House, [2023]|z9780679644859|w(DLC) 2023008663 856 40 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby|uhttps:// naperville.overdrive.com/media/9611925