Overcoming Our Economic Despondency

Not since the administration of Jimmy Carter have Americans been so economically discouraged. Even the dramatic rise of the stock indexes since March 2009 has failed to rekindle a sense of optimism. What is behind this pessimism? How much of it is reality, and how much is psychology? What are the implications? We'll show you.

According to the pollsters taking the temperature of Americans, the U.S. economy is a long way from a healthy recovery. A 2012 Gallup poll revealed that 68 percent of Americans knew so.....