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The 2000’s Sucked

ByReview Staff

According to public opinion data collected by Pew Research, at least. Before I publish my annual list of top five national news stories of the year– which will be supplemented this year by a list of top five Cornell-related news stories of the year and top ten national news stories of the decade- here are some data that should convince you that the 2000’s really did suck:

Those who have read Bryan Caplan’s book The Myth of the Rational Voter will probably point out that these data can be explained by the pessimistic bias, or systematic tendency to overestimate the severity of economic problems and underestimate the past, present, and future performance of the economy. Still, it is shocking to see that more than twice as many respondents had negative impressions of the 2000’s than the 1990’s.

I recommend reading through the entire article, but this chart is of particular interest. Apparently Facebook, tattoos, reality TV shows, and the Cornell Insider are disproportionately responsible for people’s misfortunes in the past decade:

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