USA: Why Is World’s Most Self-Confident Nation So Glum?

The Economist believes that If America can learn from its problems, instead of blaming others, it will come back stronger. “Nations, like people, occasionally get the blues…Eight out of ten Americans think their country is heading in the wrong direction. The hapless George Bush is partly to blame for this: his approval ratings are now sub-Nixonian. But many are concerned not so much about a failed president as about a flailing nation.

“Everybody goes through bad times. Some learn from the problems they have caused themselves, and come back stronger. Some blame others, lash out and damage themselves further. America has had the wisdom to take the first course many times before. Let’s hope it does so again.”

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