THE END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM?

Why the switch from live-to-work to work-to-live matters so much

Friday 5th April 2024

Is the American Dream at risk? And how much of this is connected to changes in its work ethic if so? The short answer is that yes, the American Dream is at risk and how America lives and works, and feels about work is central to this developing story.

You can see it in the Bernie Sanders bill on the 32 hour week. You can see it in pop lyrics such as ‘Break My Soul’ by ‘Queen Bey’ You can see it in the data.

This is covered in my new book which is at the printers right now.

I’ve said that you, lovely Substack subscribers, get a sneak preview before anyone else and this is just that: a first preview of the book which is above all a look at the story of work, the culture of work - and how it’s an American story the rest of the world responds to.

Extract adapted from Working Assumptions: What We Thought We Knew About Work Before Covid and Generative AI - And What We Know Now