The American Dream -- you have to be asleep to believe it. Or in Europe. Excerpt: In the past, Europeans immigrated to the U.S. in search of greater upward mobility. But with the U.S. economy resembling that of a banana republic, the American Dream is, ironically, easier to achieve in parts of Europe. In 2011, a report by Pew Charitable Trusts’ Economic Mobility Project compared upward mobility in the U.S. to that of nine other major countries, including Germany, France, Australia, Canada and the U.K.: Pew found that the U.S. was the lowest in terms of upward mobility. In other words, Americans who are born into poverty are more likely to remain in poverty than people in some parts of Europe.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:42:01 +0000
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