Presenting the Simplest and Most Boring of Powerpoint Presentations: The American Dream with Odd Equ

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Presenting the Simplest and Most Boring of
Power-point PresentationsThe American Dream
with Odd Equations.

• (just listen to me talk, and raise your hand if I
  talk too fast J)

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Horatio Alger

• The American Dream Kevin Quinn and Co.
• The American Snooze Becoming Kevin Quinn
• Job specialization Education More job
  specialization
• Rags to Riches, Bum to Banker, Hobo to Health
  Care, Slums to Suburbs, etc.
• Algers queerly titled book (that sold millions)

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Gospel of Wealth

• Frances Willard, equality, and the money ladder
• Jesus the Dollar-saver
• Philanthropy is a virtue Wealth is a blessing
  Charity

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Social Darwinism

• The Name of the Game Keep the best, get rid of
  the Rest
• Progress Survival of the Fittest Poverty
• According to Theory
• Anglo-Saxons were the crème de la crème
• Monopoly was a lifeline
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. the growth of a large
  business is merely a survival of the fittest
• Its All God, so Its All Good