self fulfilling prophecy

i've been whining about this for a while now, but i'm not an economist, so i can't really say that i know better... so i'll allow those who do to say it better.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/news/economy/cure.fortune/index.htm

in short, recession != depression, but if your fear of depression has you fighting every single recession, you will bring about depression.

so stop it.