In paragraph two of the article, Myers uses the popular phrase, "greening of America," but puts quotation marks around it to indicate he's using it in a
new way. What does he mean by it?
What, according to Myers, seems to be the true relationship between
happiness and money? Would Myers say that the relationship is the same
for people living in abject poverty as for people living above the poverty
line? Are the short-term effects of having more money the same as the
long-term effects?

The phrase Greening of America was popularised by Charles Reich when he authored a book by that title which drew loads of accolades as well as criticisms. It rested on several issues.  

The book spoke to the evolution of the American global perspective, using three paradigms which he termed Consciousness.

The first had to do with the self-sufficiency of rural life the next spoke to the New Deal, the second world war and life in the 1950s, whilst the third consciousness he branded "the counterculture’s embrace of personal happiness over material success."  

According to Reich the foundation of the third consciousness comprises of self-liberation from the preprogrammed absorption of society's values.

So when Meyer puts the phrase "Greening of America" in quotation marks Meyer is referring to America's growing sentiments/preference of money as an indication of a better life.  This according to him reflects a cultural   a shift toward greater materialism, money especially instead of self-liberation as already put forward by Reich.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)