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![The Optimism Gap: The I'm Ok--They're Not Syndrome and the Myth of American Decline by David Whitman](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNGs4Q3c9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e5d384f5d3a8696907714b3505080d8533fa246b/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Optimism%20Gap-%20The%20I'm%20Ok--They're%20Not%20Syndrome%20and%20the%20Myth%20of%20American%20Decline.jpg)
128 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
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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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![The Optimism Gap: The I'm Ok--They're Not Syndrome and the Myth of American Decline by David Whitman](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNGs4Q3c9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e5d384f5d3a8696907714b3505080d8533fa246b/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Optimism%20Gap-%20The%20I'm%20Ok--They're%20Not%20Syndrome%20and%20the%20Myth%20of%20American%20Decline.jpg)
128 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
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Description
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 ...