Sharpe's Opinion

Don’t put away childish things

Lucy Kellaway is celebrating the inner child in a worth-reading FT article. But also:

Last week I decided to stop behaving like an economic infant in copying what everyone else was doing. Since September I have been spinelessly keeping my purse shut for the simple reason that everyone else seems to have theirs shut too. Now I have turned my back on spinelessness and have decided to do some heavy counter-cyclical spending instead. In particular I’ve decided to have our entire, shabby house redecorated. I have been handsomely rewarded for this as an orderly queue of British builders has formed, each offering reasonable quotes and volunteering to start work right away. Never has employing builders seemed less stressful. For people like me who are still in work, spending a lot of money is not only adult, it is sensible, satisfying and morally the right thing to be doing, given the power of the Keynesian multiplier.

If as many people as possible do this, I’ll get to keep my job!