Mark Penn
Mark Penn is the executive vice president and chief insights officer at Microsoft, and the author of Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes. He was previously the CEO of the research firm Penn Schoen Berland and the White House pollster under President Bill Clinton.
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Roger Sayles / Flickr The American Dream: Personal Optimists, National Pessimists
A survey reveals a huge gap between Americans’ pessimism about the nation and their optimism about their own lives.
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Reuters Americans Are No Longer Optimists
A survey reveals deep uncertainty the country's future—but also growing consensus on issues like same-sex marriage and marijuana.
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Americans Are Losing Confidence in the Nation but Still Believe in Themselves
A new poll on values shows that there's less faith in Washington, Wall Street, and even God. But Americans still think they can get anything they want through sheer hard work.
