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The Frayed American Dream

Economic Mobility, U.S. Poverty, Inequality, Intergenerational Equity, Children & Families

Julia B. Isaacs, Child and Family Policy Fellow, Economic Studies
Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioGetting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America

Ron Haskins, Julia B. Isaacs and Isabel V. Sawhill, Economic Mobility Project, February 20, 2008

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Save to My PortfolioEconomic Mobility

Isabel V. Sawhill, February 20, 2008

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe Limits On Economic Mobility

Julia B. Isaacs and Isabel V. Sawhill, The Milken Institute Review, October 24, 2008

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioOpportunity in America: The Role of Education

Isabel V. Sawhill, Future of Children Policy Brief, September 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioEconomic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?

Isabel V. Sawhill and John E. Morton, Economic Mobility Project, May 01, 2007

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioStill the Land of Opportunity?

Isabel V. Sawhill, The Public Interest, March 01, 1999

Past Event

Save to My PortfolioOur Unequal Democracy? The Political Causes and Consequences of America’s Growing Income Gap

Monday, April 28, 2008
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe Rise Of the Bottom Fifth: How to Build on the Gains Of Welfare Reform

Ron Haskins, The Washington Post, May 29, 2007

Past Event

Save to My PortfolioEconomic Mobility in America

Thursday, March 20, 2008
9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioFive Myths About Our Land of Opportunity

Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, The Washington Post, November 01, 2009

Past Event

Save to My PortfolioPoverty and Income in 2008: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

Thursday, September 10, 2009
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioSupporting Young Children and Families: An Investment that Pays

Julia B. Isaacs, First Focus, September 15, 2008

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe Intergenerational Balancing Act: Where Children Fit in an Aging Society

Isabel V. Sawhill, Child Trends Annual Kristin Anderson Moore Lecture, October 17, 2007

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioFather's Day Lessons

Isabel V. Sawhill, Opportunity 08: What Matters, June 08, 2007

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioGetting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America

Daniel P. McMurrer and Isabel V. Sawhill, The Urban Institute, May 01, 1998

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe American Dream for Some

Julia B. Isaacs, Minnesota Public Radio, November 15, 2007

Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioWelfare to (Non-Traditional) Work?

Ron Haskins, New York Public Radio, August 03, 2007

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