To get the New Year off on a (sort of) positive note, I’ll quote Sir David Tang (who founded clothing firm Shanghai Tang):
Pessimism is the most serious cause for the global economic tsunami
David believes that by becoming more optimistic and positive, we can pick ourselves up from being a “broken Humpty Dumpty”. You can read more of his thoughts on pessimism as a self-fulfilling prophecy over at the Beeb, meanwhile in a completely unscientific aside, the use of the term “credit crunch” in searches on Google is on the way down (and I hope out):

I plan on being optimistic this year, just like last… Have a great year!
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