1.0link154057<![CDATA[Optimism We Can Believe In]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-cooper-iii/optimism-we-can-believe-i_b_154057.htmlAs news about the global economy worsens, each day seems to bring a gloomier long-term forecast. So why did a 2000-person survey that we conducted just a few weeks ago find that Americans are, overall, hopeful about the future?
The answer may well have to do with an optimism that is intrinsic to the American character, one that has shaped our history, especially over the past few decades.
Back in the early 1960s, we built a successful ad campaign on...