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Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds [View all]
Last edited Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:41 PM - Edit history (1)
America is becoming a nation of economic pessimists.
A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds that the share of people who say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living fell to 25%, a record low in surveys dating to 1987. More than three-quarters said they lack confidence that life for the next generation will be better than their own, the poll found.
A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds that the share of people who say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living fell to 25%, a record low in surveys dating to 1987. More than three-quarters said they lack confidence that life for the next generation will be better than their own, the poll found.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/wsj-norc-economic-poll-73bce003
Poll data here ... https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNORCJuly2025.pdf
Coming from WSJ, this is quite grim.
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