Is the American Dream Dead?
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Monday
October
2025
Katherine Mangu-Ward
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Penn (Wharton)
At Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Katherine Mangu-Ward delivered a talk titled, “Is the American Dream Dead?” Mangu-Ward examined the challenges facing upward mobility in America. She argued that despite these obstacles, the American Dream remains attainable through individual initiative and market-driven solutions.

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Katherine Mangu-Ward
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