Jim Cramer Mad Money

Editor's note: Jim Cramer will appear on an NBC special at 7 p.m. EDT Sunday entitled "The American Dream with Jim Cramer," where he will talk about NASCAR, the economy and investing. In the following column, Cramer discusses the program's mission ...

With gas prices reaching record highs, home values plummeting and nest eggs shrinking, too many of us feel like the American Dream is slipping from our hands. CNBC's Jim Cramer of "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" fame hopes to change our perception and ...