On March 9th, 2011 members of the Young Entrepreneur Council spoke at the FEGS Entrepreneur Event. They discussed their business experiences, debunked business myths, what they would change if they could do it over, their biggest business failures, and took audience questions.
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Last week financial guru Suze Orman was on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s program Roundtable to discuss her book and the American Dream today.
WAMC: Suze Orman – The Money Class (2011-04-08).
Since she is a financial advisor, and a pretty brash one at that if you have ever seen her show, her angle is mostly on the financial aspects of the American Dream. She says the new American Dream is more focused on living within our means but meeting our needs, not to buy a huge house if we cant afford it. Her interview here is focusing on how to do that from credit scores, to investments, to money planning.
Its definitely a worth while listen (and remember to support you local public radio station so programs like this can continue!)
This is a recent cover story from the SF Bay Guardian titled “The American Dream, for sale”. It talks about a little know immigration program called the EB-5 visa.
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Steven contacted me last week to show me his new blog Our All American Dream. He found himself unemployed and looking for a shared sense of community, connection, and experiences with his fellow unemployed brethren. Here is a small quote from him relating to the the American Dream-
“The indignation over “My American Dream” is beginning to fade. The dream of my grandparents and parents. The dream that said if you worked hard, did well you would get ahead. The dream that said if you saved you would be able afford a home, provide for your family. The anger over that dream is all but gone. There is nothing to replace that dream, it is just simply gone. I no longer know if that is a good or a bad thing anymore. I guess it is just one of those things you begin to notice as life runs its course.”
Please check out his blog for more info about him and his experiences.
Last night, President Obama invoked the American Dream at the end of the State of the Union. Here is what he said-
As many of our generation are either unemployed, under employed or only working a job to make ends meet, it is good to read that there are others out there making lemonade from the lemons that were given to them. In the recession today jobs are at an all time low. If you jsut graduated college, chances are you wont be finding a job in your field. However there is another option.
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This week the majority of us are preparing to stuff our faces with turkey, stuffing and pie and this makes me think about the American Dream. What Thanksgiving has turned into, or always has been depending on your reading of history, is the epitome of what the American Dream stands for.
The history of Thanksgiving, the one we were all told in school, is that when the Pilgrims arrived they had a lot of trouble adapting to the New World. Luckily there were some merry Native Americans here to help them farm the land, hunt native game and over all be cool neighbors. Then at the end of the harvest season the Pilgrims and their new homies gathered around the table and had a little party to be thankful for all that they were shown and given.
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So let me start off by apologizing for the time between posts. Things have been pretty crazy for the past month and a half and now I finally have a chance to write again. To give a quick summary of whats happened since the last post, brace yourselves its alot….
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Yesterday the AP published an article titled White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities by Hope Yen. While the article doesn’t make any conclusions it brings up an interesting idea.
“A new image of urban America is in the making,” said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings who co-wrote the report. “What used to be white flight to the suburbs is turning into ‘bright flight’ to cities that have become magnets for aspiring young adults who see access to knowledge-based jobs, public transportation and a new city ambiance as an attraction.”
I was sent this NY Times article by David Brooks titled “Relax, we’ll be fine”, by a friend and it got me thinking about my research and the future. Here is a quick taste from the article-
“This column is a great luscious orgy of optimism. Because the fact is, despite all the problems, America’s future is exceedingly bright.
Over the next 40 years, demographers estimate that the U.S. population will surge by an additional 100 million people, to 400 million over all. The population will be enterprising and relatively young. In 2050, only a quarter will be over 60, compared with 31 percent in China and 41 percent in Japan.”
This article along with my research has gotten me thinking about the future of American and why it is important to make this movie.
While bouncing some ideas for the documentary to a friend, he came up with the phrase “We are the future. But who are we?” (Thanks AC!!). This I think is a perfect phrase that sums up “One American Dream?”. We, Generation Y/ the Millennials, are the future of America. We are going to be in charge one day, like it or not. But who are we as a generation and what to we care about (ie what is our American Dream)?
