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Americans feel worse now than they did at every financial nadir we have hit since the world wars. Many insist that the middle class had it better in t

Americans seem to be mad about everything, or in spite of everything. Rates of teen pregnancy, domestic abuse, vehicle crashes, and violent crime have

Roughly 20 to 25 percentage points more Americans described themselves as “very happy” than “not so happy” from 1970 to 2020. Then, the “not so happy”

In a roundabout way, the country’s affluence might be contributing to its pessimism. Seventy years ago, voters were overwhelmingly concerned with life

Yep, this goes for just about everyone. The CEO of that hot shot new company that everyone loves? He’s probably never run a company before. That direc