The Origin And History Of The American Dream

All of us have heard of the term American Dream at some point. The origin and history of the American Dream was coined in 1931 by writer and popular historian James Truslow Adams. Back then, the American Dream was rooted on the notion that the american Social, economic and political systems made success possible for every individual; and ideals of freedom, equality and opportunities were traditionally held to be available to every American. In this episode of Perspectives on Global Justice, Jeff Kim, organizer and the co-chair of Sierra Club of Hawaii Energy Subcommittee, converses with Bea Cantelmo on the American Dream in 2017 and what does America need in 2017 to rebuild a new American Dream.

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