American dream
Are We (Collectively) Depressed?
We need to encourage honesty above optimism. Once we can speak honestly, there is a foundation for optimism. Psychoanalysis teaches that one cause of depression is repressed anger. The rising tide of collective anger is visible in many places: road rage, violent street clashes between groups seething for a fight, the destruction of friendships for…
Read MoreThe Federal Reserve Just Declared the American Dream Is Officially Dead for Most of America
We all know what comedian George Carlin said about the American Dream: that you have to be asleep to believe it. Well, now the Federal Reserve is agreeing with him. In a new study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, they admit the so-called American Dream is now largely an impossible goal…
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