The American Dream has had some hallmarks: Home ownership, a car or two, a couple of kids, a steady job. U.S. households still, on average, believe the American Dream can be achieved—though their hopes are fading fast. Some academics are suggesting that the ideal is giving way to a new social phenomenon: The Great Postponement. Several new policies are being enacted to support individuals without family money to get onto the housing ladder, opening up the possibility of the American Dream for more people. The post The American Dream has given way to the ‘Great Postponement,’ an Ivy League professor says, where achieving doesn’t rely on hard work anymore appeared first on Fortune.