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Is The American Dream Killing You?


Is The American Dream American dream also American Dream
n.
An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire:
 Killing You?

Paul Stiles Stiles can refer to: People
  • Bert Stiles, short story writer
  • Charles Wardell Stiles, American zoologist
  • Edgar Stiles, character on the popular drama 24
  • Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College
  • Innis Stiles, singer, musician
 

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Does the Constitution create the framework for the American dream which is contributing to a faster-paced modern world? CEO/former military man Stiles consulted the Constitution and discovered, to his surprise, that aside from authorizing Congress to regulate commerce and mint money, there was no reference to capitalism, corporations, or business at all. So the free market considered a cornerstone of democracy is actually not even mentioned in the key founding documents of our nation! With this information in hand, Stiles discusses the free market's history, how it's remade re·made  
v.
Past tense and past participle of remake.
 the American life, and how it may be eroding some of our most beloved human values Human Values is the universal concept that preserves and enhances Homo Sapiens as a species, this applies to every human being on the present universe, anything against this values brings the consequence of a Self Species Extermination Event (SSEE) like hate, racism or war. . From the creation of market-driven culture to the ironies of economics, Is The American Dream Killing You? How 'the Market' Rules Our Lives provides some hard-hitting analysis.
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Title Annotation:Is the American Dream Killing You? How 'the Market' Rules our Lives
Publication:The Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Dec 1, 2005
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