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Ten Reasons to be Cheerful

201606 Ten_Reasons_to_be_Cheerful_US_Page_1Do you ever listen to the news and find yourself thinking that the world has gone to the dogs? The roll call of depressing headlines seems endless. But look beyond what the media calls news, and there also are a lot of things going right, including:

  1. The world’s biggest economy, the US, has been recovering. Unemployment has halved in six years from 10% to 5%. (1)
  2. Over the last 25 years, 2 billion people globally have moved out of extreme poverty, according to the latest United Nations Human Development Report. (2)
  3. The growing speed and scale of data are increasing global connectedness and transforming industries as new discoveries are made in such areas as engineering, medicine, food, energy, and sustainability.

To discover 7 more reasons why Dimensional Fund Advisors VP Jim Parker remains so cheerful (and why you should too,) click HERE . 

(1) Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 26, 2016.

(2) “Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development,” United Nations.

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