Here are two positive reasons why we are in recession, and of course there are many negative ones as well, like greedy bankers etc. – but let’s concentrate on the positive.

1. The world is far from equal but in some ways it is at least heading in the right direction.  We have now welcomed 12 new countries into the EU and therefore given millions the right to travel and work more or less where they like, which is a right that they never had before.  Let’s hope millions more get the same equal opportunity.  Of course, this has an effect on the West, because there are more people available to work – but they should always have had that right.

2. The second positive reason is that due to World Trade Agreements, developing countries are able to export their produce to Western markets.  Again, there is a lot more to be done here, but a start has been made, and the more of it, the better.

In summary, the World is starting to become a more equal place for all its citizens, and not just the 10% of the population from the West who have controlled everything and everyone else for so long by stopping people from moving where they want to, and by telling them that they can’t have access to foreign markets with their produce.  Yes it’s hurting the West a little, but why should the house we live in be worth 300,000 instead of 200,000 when there are people starving in the World, with no home at all, because of the way they are controlled by the powerful?  It’s worth remembering that people on the dole (in Ireland or England at least) are still part of the 10% of the World´s population that make up the wealthy, when you compare them to World living standards.