A Wall Street Journal survey last year found that a growing number of people no longer believe the American dream is possible. This pessimism was especially pronounced among younger respondents, who, although likely having benefited from the upward mobility achieved by their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, also recognize they will bear the brunt of our government’s poor policy choices in the years to come.

But is the American dream really dying? Or is our attitude toward it just changing?

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