Here in the United States, we have the ability to achieve a leg up within the grand scheme of life. That is not that it is without struggle to achieve these new levels, but we are far less stifled than other populations of the past.

Executive Producers:

LadyGetOverIt

Dame Slamy

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/pursuit-of-happiness-meaning

https://lunchbreakinvesting.com/personal-finance/why-did-so-many-people-invest-in-the-stock-market-in-the-1920s/

The Great Gatsby:

https://ia801801.us.archive.org/15/items/the-great-gatsby_202101/TheGreatGatsby.pdf

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91360.Devil_Take_the_Hindmost

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781182.Barbarians_at_the_Gate