This isn’t the first time the American Dream has died. The old dream — your own farm rather than your own home — once dominated American culture, politics and family life as much as the family home ever did.

So we started on the farm,moved to the urban factory life, what's next ,the hobo jungle?

Posted by bill at June 2, 2011 1:29 PM

Funny thibg is my developing dream the last few years has been to find some land and start a farm.

Posted by Dan at June 3, 2011 4:00 PM

Federal subsidies lured too many people onto the land

Later on in the essay he says that Federal subsidies encouraged suburban homeownership. Eventually Federal mandates encouraged banks to give mortgages to people who were poor credit risks.

I think I detect a pattern.

Posted by rickl at June 5, 2011 11:52 PM