The collective or perhaps a sizable group of bankers, manufacturers and investors around the world is feeling the blues and has become pessimistic about the current state of the economy, and thus recession is in fashion. Something as important as the jobs and well beings of billions people, something also known as the economy, is somehow subjected to the emotional feelings of our mental illness. Doctors of economics will say that it is a chronic disease, something like the flu, that we will never overcome, despite the technology innovations, the experts’ oversights, and multiple flu shots, also known as stimulation packages.
Perhaps it is a balance of greed and share prosperity, where there is a pie that is best served when everyone shares, but some people thought that they deserve a little bit more of the pie for their sacrifices and hard work. This same thinking/transaction/trading that happens over and over again will sooner or later reveal weaknesses in the exchange system. The weakest link is thus subjected to exploitation, and the system eventually falters. It is also time to ask which clothes is the flu virus wearing this season.