Street Vibe Economics 101: Don't Worry, Be Happy, or An iPad on Every Desk

  

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" by MaticesLA, under a Creative Commons license on flickr. Juan David Giraldo Ruiz is a photographer based in Colombia.

 

HMMM, WHEN IT comes to the fate of the economy, I've always thought that casual, anecdotal signs beat the official data by months. Egghead economists may be smarter than this low-rent blogger, but I'll take my dismal soothsaying over their fancy forecasts any day. My totally unscientific take: I think the U.S. economy likely may might could lift off the rest of this year, through the holiday season.