--- --- # The High Cost of the American Dream by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 1, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 1, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**We’re pricing the American Dream out of existence.**](https://theconversation.com/homeownership-losing-role-as-lynchpin-of-the-american-dream-42397) By Mechele Dickerson in the Conversation **2\.** [**Syria’s future might be like Somalia’s: Permanent anarchy.**](http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=60078) By Aron Lund at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace **3\.** [**The UN wants to share its sustainability goals with the world, so it’s turning to comics.**](http://www.newsarama.com/24668-united-nations-using-comics-to-enrich-world.html) By Chris Arrant in Newsarama **4\.** [**Museums are doing a pretty bad job of connecting people to art.**](http://www.democracyjournal.org/36/museums-can-change-will-they.php?page=all) By Michael O’Hare for Democracy Journal **5\.** [**Most kids with mental illness aren’t receiving treatment.**](http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/20/8631031/children-severe-mental-health-disorders-treatment) By Arielle Duhaime-Ross in the Verge  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ American Dream: The high cost ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3903144/american-dream-high-cost/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3903144/american-dream-high-cost/"},"headline":"The High Cost of the American Dream","datePublished":"2015-06-01T16:01:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:16.169Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3903144/american-dream-high-cost/","keywords":["Innovation","ISIS","Mental Illness","museums","american dream"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3903144/american-dream-high-cost/","name":"The High Cost of the American Dream"}}]}] ```