The Consumer Sentiment Survey of Americans, created by George Katona at the University of Michigan in the early 1950’s, and known today as the Thomson-Reuters University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, has included a remarkable question about the reasonably long-term future, five years hence, and asks about visceral fears concerning that period:
20世纪50年代早期，乔治·盖洛普在密歇根州立大学创造了美国消费者情绪调查，即今天的汤森路透密歇根州立大学消费者调查。该调查包括了一个关于较长期（5年）未来的引人注目的问题，询问受众在此期间内的发自内心的担忧：