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THE WHOLE WORLD IS OPTIMISTIC!
Despite current economic woes, a new study based on global survey data finds optimism to be universal. Sunny outlooks are most prevalent in Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand.
The United States ranks No. 10.
Nearly 90 percent of people around the globe expect the next five years to be as good or better than life today, the study found. And 95 percent expect their life in five years to be as good or better than it was five years ago.
The study, from the University of Kansas and Gallup, suggests humans are optimistic by nature, the researchers conclude.
Optimism is good for you. A decade-long study published in 2004 found that those with brighter outlooks had a 55 percent lower risk of death during the study period.
Optimism is lowest in Zimbabwe, Egypt, Haiti and Bulgaria, the new survey found.
