consternation among economists and pundits, who wonder why Americans ... lack their ancestors’ get-up-and-go....loss in self-confidence. Nothing valuable about

consternation among economists and pundits, who wonder why Americans ... lack their ancestors’ get-up-and-go....loss in self-confidence. Nothing valuable about friends, family, community, environment, culture ... so far as these guys can see. And, just maybe, Americans look back a couple of generations to their immigrant ancestors, and see what that was really about. "A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"