Radical proposition in its day, economic opportunity and personal liberty. But each of those promises has been broken. The promise of political equality, as we've discussed, is not being kept. The promise of economic opportunity, otherwise known as the American Dream... If you were born the year that my mother was born, at the end of World War II, there was a 90% chance that that would happen. For you Today, it is at best a coin toss. A 50. 50 chance. In all of my travels, I look for evidence of where people can live this American dream. And this can be measured. How many generations does it take to go from the bottom to the top? (21:47–22:10)
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Asserts that the likelihood of achieving the American Dream has decreased from 90% to 50% since World War II.
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