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Column: I Wouldn’t Bet on Optimism Anymore

by Martin E.P. Seligman For the Washington PostAugust 13, 2016

Democrats finished their party convention in Philadelphia celebrating their monopoly on optimism. Under the headline “Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Party Reclaims Morning in America,” the Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky wrote: “Donald Trump, and the…

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Column: I Wouldn’t Bet on Optimism Anymore

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