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American dream deferred?
Broadcast: Midmorning, 06/05/2007, 9:06 a.m.
A recent study suggests that men in their 30s are doing less well economically than their fathers. But families are doing better. A new bipartisan project is trying to find out exactly what's happening to American incomes and economic status over time.
Guests
John Morton: Project director of the Economic Mobility Project for The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Bill Beach: Director, Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation. He's one of the Heritage Foundation representatives working on the Economic Mobility Project.
Heather Boushey: Senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.







