The fabled American dream suggests that grit, determination and hard work are all it takes to be successful in this country.
But there's one other little thing you need for this bootstraps theory to work out: money.
This week on Flyover, we hear about your experiences living in a world that assumes a bootstraps-focused meritocracy is the reality, not just the myth it appears to be.
This week's guests were journalist Stepen Henderson and author Linda Tirado