Are the best days of America’s inclusive economic growth and social development over? According to the 2016 Chicago Council Survey, 57 percent of Americans believe the next generation will be worse off economically than today’s workers. David Smick argues that policy has favored the corporate status quo for a long time, stifling entrepreneurship and innovation—and hollowing out the working and middle classes, thus making their American Dream increasingly unattainable. He calls for a ‘great equalizer’—a new paradigm and bipartisan reforms to unleash America’s potential and level the playing field. What must we do to create an economy for everyone?