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Through a prologue, sixteen themed chapters, and an epilogue, the book reconstructs key players, courtroom conflicts, and long-running strategies that shift blame onto others. It culminates in proposed remedies for restoring the dream, mapping historical consequences and future stakes for society.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWho Killed the American Dream?  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nRecent books by Thom Hartmann  \nThe Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class—and How to Rescue Our Future  \nThe Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living  \nThe Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness  \nThe Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy  \nThe Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich  \nThe Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class  \nThe Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream  \nThe Hidden History ofthe War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote—and How to Get It Back  \nThe Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWho Killed the American Dream?  \nThe Greatest Political Crime Ever  \nTold  \n†  \nTHOM HARTMANN  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWho Killed the American Dream?  \nCopyright © 2026 by Thom Hartmann  \nAll rights reserved. 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First Edition  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Hartmann, Thom, 1951– author  \nTitle: Who killed the American dream? : the greatest political crime ever told / Thom Hartmann.  \nDescription: First edition. | Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2026. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2026008255 (print) | LCCN 2026008256 (ebook) | ISBN 9798890572639 paperback | ISBN 9798890572646 pdf | ISBN 9798890572653 epub  \nSubjects: LCSH: Corpor","cbCaikLVaNXCnAUT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikLVaNXCnAUT","pdf",1871878,3,1,229,"English","en",105,"# Author's Note\n# Prologue: A Crime in Plain Sight\n# The Scene of the Crime\n# The Courtroom Showdown\n# The Triggerman: J.C. Bancroft Davis\n# The Mastermind: Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field\n# The Seventy-Year Legal War\n# The First Corporate War\n# What the Founders Knew\n# The Crime Pays Off\n# The Numbers Don't Lie: Measuring the Death of the Dream\n# The Cover-Up: How They Pinned the Crime on Scapegoats\n# The Deflection Playbook: Culture War as a Substitute for Economic Reform\n# How to Undo the Crime: Restoring the Dream\n# What Happens After the Amendment Passes\n# The Rebellion Has Already Begun\n# The Amendment Movement and the State Resolutions\n# The Global Stakes\n# Corporate Immortality and Unequal Risk\n# The Media Oligopoly\n# Epilogue: What History Will Say About Us\n# A Study Guide\n# Notes\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the central claim of Who Killed the American Dream?\",\"answer\":\"The book argues that the American dream’s decline results from a sustained political and legal assault that strengthened corporate power and weakened democratic protections.\"},{\"question\":\"Which institutions and actors does the book focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights courtroom conflicts and Supreme Court decisions, including Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. 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