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Paul Stiles IS THE AMERICAN DREAM KILLING YOU? How “t he Marke t” Rules Our Live s To My Parents Curtis and Marilyn Stiles The gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something—have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart—but it will out. That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming. —Ralph Waldo Emerson viii CONTENTS Epigraph iii PROLOGUE: The Sound of the Alarm 1 INTRODUCTION: The Economic Beast 13 Rethinking the Market ONE: Burnout 29 The Market vs. Human Health TW O : Meltdown 55 The Market vs. the Nuclear Family THREE: The Bubble 81 The Market vs. Reality FO UR: Flatland 105 The Market vs. the Good FIVE: Jolts Per Minute 123 The Market vs. Culture S I X: Borrowed Time 141 The Market vs. the Environment SEVEN: The Ozone Hole 173 The Market vs. Business vi C o nt ents EIGHT: The Modern God 207 The Market vs. God NINE: The Market Curve 239 The Market vs. America EPILOGUE: The Market Cross 251 APPENDIX A: The American Hypermarket, 1950–2000 263 APPENDIX B: Society in the Balance 265 APPENDIX C: A Market Lexicon 267 APPENDIX D: Market Metaphysics 271 Note s 273 List of Illustra tions 283 Acknowledgments 287 Index 289 About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher

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The "market" is the collective name for every act of buying and selling we participate in. It governs our economy and our lives, determining our values, our goals, and our accomplishments. We make it—and are made by it. In Is the American Dream Killing You? Paul Stiles shows how the pressures of t

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Paul Stiles IS THE AMERICAN DREAM KILLING YOU? How “t he Marke t” Rules Our Live s To My Parents Curtis and Marilyn Stiles The gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something—have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart—but it will out. That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming. —Ralph Waldo Emerson viii CONTENTS Epigraph iii PROLOGUE: The Sound of the Alarm 1 INTRODUCTION: The Economic Beast 13 Rethinking the Market ONE: Burnout 29 The Market vs. Human Health TW O : Meltdown 55 The Market vs. the Nuclear Family THREE: The Bubble 81 The Market vs. Reality FO UR: Flatland 105 The Market vs. the Good FIVE: Jolts Per Minute 123 The Market vs. Culture S I X: Borrowed Time 141 The Market vs. the Environment SEVEN: The Ozone Hole 173 The Market vs. Business vi C o nt ents EIGHT: The Modern God 207 The Market vs. God NINE: The Market Curve 239 The Market vs. America EPILOGUE: The Market Cross 251 APPENDIX A: The American Hypermarket, 1950–2000 263 APPENDIX B: Society in the Balance 265 APPENDIX C: A Market Lexicon 267 APPENDIX D: Market Metaphysics 271 Note s 273 List of Illustra tions 283 Acknowledgments 287 Index 289 About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher

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The "market" is the collective name for every act of buying and selling we participate in. It governs our economy and our lives, determining our values, our goals, and our accomplishments. We make it—and are made by it. In Is the American Dream Killing You? Paul Stiles shows how the pressures of t

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