MORE than any other country,America defines itself by a collective dream: the dream of economic opportunity and upward mobility.Its proudest,boast is that it offers a chance of the good life to everybody who is willing to work hard and play by the rules.This ideal has made the United States the world's strongest magnet for immigrants; it has also reconciled ordinary Americans to the rough side of a dynamic economy,with all its inequalities and insecurities.Who cares if the boss earns 300 times more than the average working stiff,if the stiff knows he can become the boss?
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