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Business Daily: American Dream or American Nightmare?

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28/05/2009

American Dream or American Nightmare?

BBC World Service - Business Daily, American Dream or American Nightmare?

Steve Evans reports from Atlanta on the ordinary people affected by the downturn.

Steve Evans reports from Peachtree City in Georgia, meeting Walle and Debra who have both lost their jobs and whose beautiful dream house is now up for sale.

Steve Evans is in the warm rain and humid nights of Peachtree City in Georgia.  He wants you to meet Walle and Debra who have both lost their jobs and whose beautiful dream house is now up for sale.  And to meet Melvyn, a civil engineer who was teaching the unemployed how to apply for jobs but who lost his own job less than a month ago.  Is this the era of the American Dream or the American nightmare?

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