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Tue, May 22, 2007 -- 9:00 AM

American Optimism at a New Low
The show discusses the social, political and psychological significance of a recent AP-Ipsos poll suggesting a dramatic decline in American optimism.

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Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Beth Miller, psychologist and instructor at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and author of "The Woman's Book of Resilience"

  • David S. Meyer, professor of sociology at the University of California-Irvine and author of the recently published book "The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America"

  • Michael Gross, associate vice president of Ipsos

  • Michael McFaul, professor of political science at Stanford University

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