American Dream

American Dream

It's the idea that trought hard work, courage and determination one can achieve prosperity.

In mid 1800s the Gold Rush and then immigration from Europe where people wanted to escape from poverty (persecutions and economic problems) to embrace a financial security and constitutional freedom in the Usa, until 1965. In the 20^th century, many industrialists became the new model of the American Dream; their great wealth demonstrate that they had talent.

In 1950s the concept of Perfect family belonged to the American Dream but there were also young people that denied its traditional values embracing the hippie's one.

It was also very criticised: it's no possible to everyone to become prosperous and people who are not successful could be seen as lazy. And then: difficult for poor children to attend college, limited economic mobility, economies of scale, genetic lottery and ethics differences.