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Rethinking the American Dream

Published June 22, 2009 at 5:00 AM PDT

Author and Bloomberg News columnist John Wasik argues that the mortgage crisis is the least of our housing problems. The drive to build bigger and bigger homes across suburban America is unsustainable and we need to rethink the meaning of the American Dream if we are to keep it alive.

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  • Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream on Amazon

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