Preface: Forget self-reliance

Part I: Creators of the American Dream. The backstory ; Where's Walden? ; Little house of propaganda ; The Horatio Alger lie

Part II: Brokers of the American Drea. Rich fictions ; The self-made voter ; Zen incorporated

Part III: Burdens of the American Dream. Go fund yourself ; Mothers' revolution ; The con side of the hustle

Part IV: Toward a new American Dream. Class traitors ; The feeling is mutual aid ; Boss workers ; Inequality therapy ; Volunteering ourselves ; Unmaking the self-made myth

Epilogue: My independence day.