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Quart, Alissa, author.
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Social mobility -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
American Dream.
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Bootstrapped : liber...
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Bootstrapped : liberating ourselves from the American Dream / Alissa Quart.
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Quart, Alissa, author.
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Subjects
Social mobility -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
American Dream.
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9780063028005 (hardcover) :
006302800X (hardcover)
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xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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"The promise that you can 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' is central to the story of the American Dream. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us. Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition. Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our own independence and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone. Looking at a range of delusions and half solutions--from 'grit' to the false Horatio Alger story to the rise of GoFundMe--Quart reveals how we have been steered away from robust social programs that would address the root causes of our problems. Meanwhile, the responsibility for survival has been shifted onto the backs of ordinary people, burdening generations with debt instead of providing the social safety net we so desperately need"--Jacket flap.
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305.51309 Qu
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