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If you're ever feeling a little depressed or unhappy, try listening to a song called "Optimistic" by Sounds of Blackness (look it up on You Tube); it does exactly what it says on the tin. In fact the total amount of money in circulation tends to remain relatively stable, apart from in extreme circumstances when special measures such as "quantitative easing" - basically printing more money - are introduced. The meditation and self-improvement guru Deepak Chopra, when asked about his attitude to money, said; "It's like blood - you have to keep it flowing" and this is what drives economic growth - or lack of.

Conversely, in difficult times, lack of optimism or fear of the future means that people will stop spending money and reduce their levels of borrowing, so businesses sell less and are unable to grow, or may struggle to stay afloat. They have less money to invest and a lower capability to borrow; money stops flowing and everything grinds to a halt.