The Atlantic Reviews Impact of Recession Over Past Three Years

What the Great Recession Wrought: The State of the U.S. in 3 Years of Polls

“The Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor surveys have explored American attitudes on the changing economy each quarter since April 2009…One theme consistently winding through the polls is the emergence of what could be called a “reluctant self-reliance,” as Americans look increasingly to reconstruct economic security from their own efforts, in part because they don’t trust outside institutions to provide it for them. The surveys suggest that the battered economy has crystallized a gestating crisis of confidence in virtually all of the nation’s public and private leadership class–from elected officials to the captains of business and labor. Taken together, the results render a stark judgment: At a time when they believe they are navigating much more turbulent economic waters than earlier generations, most Americans feel they are paddling alone.”

The Atlantic Reviews Impact of Recession Over Past Three Years

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