As we remap our economy, we have an opportunity to rebuild the
American Dream for the long-term.
The gap between low- and moderate-income Americans and their wealthier
counterparts has become unconscionably wide. A post-pandemic economic
recovery presents an opportunity to address this deeper, troubling
challenge and to rectify the economic injustice that threatens so many
Americans.
In 2019, founder and CEO of Promontory Financial Group Gene Ludwig
gathered a bipartisan group of the nation's foremost economic thinkers
-- academics and politicians, CEOs and former presidential advisors --
to break with convention and candidly discuss that widening gap. The
Vanishing American Dream: A Frank Look at the Economic Realities Facing
Middle- and Lower-Income Americans comes from their insights.
The opportunity to rebuild our economy should inspire the most important
conversations and ideas of our time. The dialogue captured in this book
provides broad and experienced perspectives on inequality and policy
shortcomings, along with examples of ideas that have successfully
narrowed the wealth gap, from government investment to the role of the
private sector.
Combining expertise with optimism, The Vanishing American Dream
invites readers to take a seat at the table for a bracing look at the
road back to widespread opportunity, security, and prosperity.
With Contributions By: Sarah Bloom Raskin, Glenn Hubbard, Deval Patrick,
Robert Shiller, Larry Summers, Luke Bronin, Daryl Byrd, Oren Cass, Jacob
Hacker Heather Gerken, Susan Krause Bell, Andrea Levere, Zachary Liscow,
Jonathan Macey, Daniel Markovits, Mary Miller, Michael Moskow, David
Newville, Steven Pearlstein, Isabel Sawhill, Jay Shambaugh, Anika Singh
Lemar, and Andrew Tisch.
