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American’s Resilient Optimism

I was reading an interesting article from Reuters that was about a Pew Economic Mobility Project survey. The survey found that Americans still widely believe in the “American Dream” as success determined by one’s own effort and not external factors or birthrights.

The nationwide survey of 2,119 adults found that:

• 79 percent said it is still possible to get ahead in the current economy;
• 72 percent said they believed they will personally be better off 10 years from now;
• 74 percent said they were at least somewhat in control of their economic situation, but only 43 percent said that other people were in control;
• 71 percent said personal ambition was a more important determinant of success than external conditions.

The survey has a margin of error 3.4%.

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