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Is the American Dream Real?

Written By vlogbrothers on Tuesday, Mar 18, 2014 | 04:46 PM

 
In which John discusses moving to New York, equality of opportunity, socioeconomic mobility in the United States in the 21st century, the American dream, and the underratedness of Slovenia. A much better exploration of the gender pay gap in the U.S. and elsewhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap ALSO it's interesting that I chose to make a joke about computer programming, because in fact female programmers are paid the same as male programmers in the U.S. according to this study: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/female-computer-scientists-make-same-salary-their-male-counterparts-180949965/?no-ist (That noted, the gender pay gap overall remains real.)