Why are Americans in a funk?

Maybe we need a good dose of 'I think I can'

Our frequent contributor Dr. Bruce Yandle, noted economist and Distinguished Adjunct Fellow for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, mulls over data that show Americans are in a funk, despite positive economic measurements. He compares these times to the late 1970s, when then-Jimmy Carter spoke of a national malaise, and suggests a solution t…