Charades

Apologies, someone with a philosophical bent has hijacked my blog.

What a night! The economy, the government, national finances, business finances, personal finances...

But, lest we forget, it is always darkest before the dawn.

And dawn is here. The orange glow, the fading stars, the solo bird song.

We avoided economic meltdown. The government will soon be repalced. National debt is decelerating. Businesses have re-grouped. And most people reading this blog are better off than ever before.

But what have we all learnt? Nothing that most will remember when it matters. There will be a new mess, just with a different scene and with different actors.

The memory will be longest at the macro level, it will be 20 years before a government will again claim to have rid us of boom and bust. Shortest at the micro level, where the credit card class are already chumping at the bit.

Thrift though is still in vogue for the middle class, the calvinistic gene has been re-activated.

It is the dawn of a new day. The sun has indeed come up, though bringing little warmth. Lovely and warm by the fire, though. Anyone for a game of charades?