Economic recovery, but not for the “Invisible Americans” Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO at Gallup, who presides over endless surveys of American consumers and businesses and knows a thing or two about them, has a message for the media and the political establishment that seem to be clueless: this meme about the recovering economy – “It was even trumpeted on Page 1 of The New York Times and Financial Times last week,” he says – “I don’t think it’s true.” In an article posted on Gallup’s website, he made his case: The percentage of Americans who say they are in...