Contents

Introduction: The Myth of the American Dream

PART ONE: AFFLUENCE

1 The Walls of Rome

2 Who Is My Neighbor?

3 Getting Curious

4 Low, Low Prices

5 How Not to Be a Millionaire

6 Lament for the Land

7 True Generosity

PART TWO: AUTONOMY

9 The Names We Give

11 What Is Education For?

12 Paying Attention to My Neighbors

13 The Hospitality of Exiles

PART THREE: SAFETY

15 Mary, or, We Can Never Be Safe

16 The Ship of the Doomed

18 Waking Up Sad

19 The Happiest Place on Earth

PART FOUR: POWER

22 The Pioneer Mind

24 Monuments and Memorials

25 Learning from Exiles

Epilogue: How to Live in Empire

Acknowledgments

Praise for The Myth of the American Dream

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