The Optimism Gap: The I'm Ok--They're Not Syndrome and the Myth of American Decline by David Whitman

The Optimism Gap: The I'm Ok--They're Not Syndrome and the Myth of American Decline

David Whitman

128 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

economics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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David Whitman's provocative and pithy book identifies and examines "the most important and least comprehended aspect of public opinion" in America today -- the paradox of the "optimism gap." A vast majority of Americans are upbeat about their own ...

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