This item dream hoarders how the american upper middle class is leaving everyone else in the dust why that by richard v reeves hardcover 1749 only 1 left in stock order soon sold by books box and ships from amazon fulfillment our kids the american dream in crisis by robert d putnam paperback 650. Written by richard v reeves who is a senior fellow with the brookings institution a non partisan century old think tank in washington dc the books full title says exactly what this wonkiness is all about dream hoarders how the american upper middle class is leaving everyone else in the dust why that is a problem and what to do about it. The national obsession with the super rich allows the upper middle class to convince themselves that they are just like the rest of america in dream hoarders reeves argues that in many ways they are worse and that changes in policy and social conscience are the only way to fix the broken system. The result is a fracturing of american society along class lines not just an economic divide upper middle class children become upper middle class adultsthese trends matter because the separation and perpetuation of the upper middle class corrode prospects for more progressive approaches to policy. 2018 dream hoarders how the american upper middle class is leaving everyone else in the dust why that is a problem and what to do about it by richard v reeves journal of the american planning association vol 84 no 1 pp 86 86