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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
Sep 11, 2017PimaLib_StephanieM rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I am on board with Reeves' case for a very real class system in the United States. It is hard to argue with any of the points he is making as they are well-researched and very clearly articulated. The finger in this book is pointing at me and I knew that going in. Despite the zinger of a title, Reeves isn't asking the "hoarders" to engage in self-flagellation but rather to honestly reconcile their values with the economic realities of their class. Reeves' portrait of the American upper-middle class, while convincing and backed up with loads of (very digestible) data, leans too heavily on the upper-middle class of the East Coast. His arguments apply to anyone in this income range but the anecdotes used to flesh out the numbers didn't portray this phenomenon beyond the East Coast prep school set stereotype. There is dream hoarding happening across the U.S. but Reeves didn't quite capture how it plays out regionally.