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100	1		_aGraham, Carol, _920449
245	1	0	_aHappiness for all? : _bunequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream _cCarol Graham.
260			_aOxfordshire, UK : _bPrinceton University Press , _c2017 .
300			_axv, 192 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
505	0	0	_aMachine generated contents note: _gch. 1 _tIntroduction Happiness for All: Living the Dream? -- _gch. 2 _tWhat Happened to Horatio Alger? U.S. Trends in Inequality and Opportunity in Comparative Perspective -- _gch. 3 _tWho Believes in the American Dream? Public Attitudes about Mobility in the United States and Beyond -- _gch. 4 _tHigh Costs of Being Poor in the Land of the Dream: Stress, Insecurity, and Lack of Hope -- _gch. 5 _tWell-Being, Aspirations, and Outcomes: What Do We Know? -- _gch. 6 _tCan We Save the Dream?.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aSocial mobility _zUnited States. _920450
650		0	_aSocial classes _920451
650		0	_aEquality _920452
650		0	_aAmerican Dream. _920453
650		7	_aEconomic history. _920454
650		7	_aSocial classes. _920451
650		7	_aSocial conditions. _920455
650		7	_aSocial mobility. _2fast _915099
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