United States faces a complex set of challenges, including: Economic anxiety due to inflation and stagnant wages. Political dysfunction and polarization. Growing inequality in income and wealth. The rising cost of healthcare and education. The post-World War II era, particularly the 1950s and 60s, is often recalled as a "golden age" of economic stability. For many middle-class families, a single income was enough to buy a home, and the wealth gap was smaller than it is today.Less political division: An idealized memory of the past can contrast with today's intense political polarization. However, American history is marked by deep, and sometimes violent, divisions, including the Civil War, the Civil Rights struggles, and the Vietnam War era. Beloud