In brief... American Idol: 65 years of admiration

Alan Manning and Amar Shanghavi

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Abstract: Every year for over half a century, the US opinion pollsters Gallup have asked Americans to say which person they most admire. Alan Manning and Amar Shanghavi consider what their answers reveal about how public attitudes have and have not changed since the late 1940s.

Keywords: Admiration; trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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