Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent. In America consumer sentiment is near its lowest on record. Across ...

Roy Scranton is an essayist, novelist, literary critic, climate philosopher, and author, most recently, of “Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress.” He teaches at the University of Notre ...

Apocalyptic economic visions of bread lines, riots are drawing eyeballs online. April 9, 2009— -- People are logging onto the Internet to read all sorts of dire economic predictions: a new Great ...

Those who haven’t struggled with any form of mental illness find it difficult to understand the rigidity of highly negative, and even obviously false, beliefs. They wonder how it’s possible that ...

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? It’s important to realize because as a leader, it can affect not just you and how you think, but also the culture you create and what the people you lead ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. 2025 has been a year of mixed signals. Investors worried over high ...

The amount of pessimism, uncertainty and disconnect employees experience in the workplace is “reaching critical levels, endangering employee well-being and undermining productivity,” according to ...

The bearish sentiment, measured by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey, continued breaking records for another week, however, experts expect to see a “relief rally ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...