Optimism 

Robert Heilbroner is best known for The Worldly Philosophers - the second best selling economics book of all time. He wrote many essays too. In The Impasse Of American Optimism (1959) he discusses how a nation’s history can both be a blessing and a curse.

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The Impasse Of American Optimism (1959)

History as a curse - and a blessing

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