spend. buy. purchase. we all know the way out of a recession. but no one wants to do it. no critical mass of spending. fear driving the economy. but we all know how to fix it. but everyone's too scared. so when do people stop being scared? so why was the money so good for a while? why was everyone so brave (opposite of scared)? rosy outlook, increasing stock market, magic money that earns on itself, money that makes money, when in fact it was being imagined, it was being created by the wizards of wall street. recession is like a forest fire. overgrowth, need to clear the land, and the hardy, rooted growth might survive, those with deep roots, and then it happens again, the fast movers, quick to grow, they'll get a shot, then the tried and true, the blue chips, will grow, and eventually, after enough time, a new forest will grow, and then more overgrowth, before it all happens again.