Ours Was the Shining Future The Story of the American Dream

David Leonhardt

eBook - 2023

The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times's “The Morning” newsletter.“With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country’s most-respected voices on economics, David Leonhardt illuminates the inside history of the players and missteps that have stolen so many Americans’ futures.”—Jane Mayer, author of Dark MoneyNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARTwo decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American lif...e. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as... more