U.S. in Recession

Is the recession killing the American Dream?

Can most Americans get an education, find a job, buy a house and retire when they're older? American RadioWorks reporters focus on these issues in four documentaries and today's listener call-in on MIDDAY.

Guests

• Chris Farrell: Chief economics correspondent, Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media's "American RadioWorks" documentary unit. Economics Editor, Marketplace Money. Contributing economics editor at Business Week. Author of "Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances" and "Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall."

More from MPR

• A Better Life: Creating the American Dream
  May 26, 2009
• Hard Times in Middletown
  May 28, 2009
• Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal
  May 27, 2009
• Las Vegas is 'Foreclosure City'
  April 23, 2009
• What was life like in the Great Depression?
  April 9, 2009

Resources

• News Cut: What's your American dream?
• Web site for American RadioWorks, from American Public Media