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242 Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/02/2025 12:04 EDT

Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

America is becoming a nation of economic pessimists. WSJ reports: A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll [PDF] 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.

Nearly 70% of people said they believe the American dream -- that if you work hard, you will get ahead -- no longer.

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