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Research
1:00 am
Wed July 18, 2012

Five facts about achieving the American Dream

Credit Pew Economic Mobility Project
The good news: Most Americans make more money than their parents.

Our State of Opportunity team is looking into ways disadvantaged children in Michigan can get ahead, and we're planning on bringing you many personal stories of families that are working to do just that. But for the next two weeks, we want to take a look at what research can tell us about getting ahead in America. Today, we have a list of five facts about the American Dream.

Before we get to our list of facts, I want to tell you about a dark and dingy room in the basement of the Institute for Social Research building at the University of Michigan.

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