Is the American Dream Really Dead? — September 14, 2026
Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he digs into new Federal Reserve research to ask whether younger generations really are worse off than their parents.
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Sources:
Sources:
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/files/2024007pap.pdf
https://www.financialaha.com/data-analysis/us-net-worth-by-generation/
Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States (AVHWPEUSA065NRUG) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1X1JU
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/tables/time-series/historical-income-households/h12ar.xlsx
The Fed - Chart: Survey of Consumer Finances, 1989 - 2022
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Antony Davies
Antony Davies is director of economic research at CFC. Visit his full bio at https://www.nrucfc.coop/content/solutions/en/author/antony-davies.html for more.
