kyle reid via Getty Images More than two-thirds of Americans have lost faith that hard work can propel someone from poverty into riches, according to a recent survey. Almost two-thirds of U.S. respondents said it was no longer commonplace for hard work to be a sure path from poverty to riches, with only 10 percent saying it was extremely common. Developing nations have the most faith in upward mobility, according to the poll, which surveyed more than 10,000 people over 29 countries. “The original ‘American Dream’ was not a dream of individual wealth; it was a dream of equality, justice and democracy for the nation. Our ideas about the ‘American Dream’ froze in the 1950s.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 13:41 UTC