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Early this century the German sociologist Werner Sombart visited the United States in his quest for the secret of American classlessness. Socialist aspirations, he tersely concluded, had run aground on a universal enjoyment of ‘roast beef and apple pie’ (Sombart, 1976: 126). At a time when class schism was rife throughout Europe, widespread social contentment had averted a similar fate befalling the United States.
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Newman, O., de Zoysa, R. (1999). Learning Curves. In: The American Dream in the Information Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333983591_7
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