The Ever-Changing EconomyHow easy it is for small businessmen to realize the American dream. How to stop corporate domination. The question I ask you is, “Is the American Dream still achievable?” The opportunity is there, but for a select few the opportunity is available. If the resources are out there but I can't tap into the resources, they are of no use to me. (Take note that we live in a market economy. Nearly every definition of "market" in the dictionary connotes an opportunity as a place where goods are bought and sold. (quote dict.) As an abstraction, a market is the possibility of sale. Goods "find a market", and we say that a market exists for a service or commodity when there is a demand for it, which means that it can and will be sold selling is a convenience for those seeking to buy.(quote 2) The market represents "conditions of buying and selling opportunities".(quote 2)The market implies supply and choice is the way an economy works market there are market pressures that develop for different commodities that work in one direction for a while, but at the same time pressures that work in the opposite direction germinate as people look ahead and see that there will be some profit from them. production, they will make decisions to increase volume, usually by hiring more people, purchasing more materials, often raising prices. When people compete in the same market, this tends to generate more and more pressure in the direction of expansion. But at the same time, as costs and possibly interest rates rise, pressures begin to work in the opposite direction, against profits. quote 1) The public as a whole must get its fair share of benefits. Macroeconomic reforms should result in more efficient provision of public services, equity, social welfare and social security. (quote 3) The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has released its findings on American living standards. The report, released every two years, points to a decline that began in the late 1970s. The EPI report also claims that Americans are working harder for less money due to slow wage growth since 1989. According to the report, the wages of the poorest 80 percent of men have fallen since 1989. The report it also claims that 20% of women experienced a decline in trsl esgrd dincr in the 1980s, a period in which wages fell but family income increased due to falling wages. longer working hours and greater participation