EPISODE · Sep 1, 2022 · 22 MIN
Whatever Happened to the Middle Class American Dream?
from The Causey Consulting Podcast
IMO, we are in a K shaped economy. The ultra-rich aren't suffering from inflation as meanwhile, there are people who never fully recovered from 2008. So whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned Middle Class American Dream?Key topics:✔️ As a schoolkid in the 1980s Midwest, we heard it alllll the time: as long as you behave and work hard, you can be anything! You can be an astronaut, the President, a scientist who cures cancer. Later on, you're told that actually, no, not really and all that hopium is on par with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.✔️ "Just like everything else, those old crazy dreams just kinda came and went..."✔️ Instead of the little house in the burbs with a white picket fence, is it now the 375 sf box home? Links I discuss in this episode:https://americansongwriter.com/billy-joel-allentown/https://genius.com/John-mellencamp-pink-houses-lyricshttps://www.amazon.com/Squeezed-Families-Cant-Afford-America/dp/0062412264/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1661635970&sr=8-1Need more? Email me: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/contact-causey/For exclusive content you won't find here, become a Patreon Patron!
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IMO, we are in a K shaped economy. The ultra-rich aren't suffering from inflation as meanwhile, there are people who never fully recovered from 2008. So whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned Middle Class American Dream? Key topics: ✔️ As a schoolkid in the 1980s Midwest, we heard it alllll the time: as long as you behave and work hard, you can be anything! You can be an astronaut, the President, a scientist who cures cancer. Later on, you're told that actually, no, not really and all...
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