Is it time to stop talking about the financial crisis?

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Everybody, well many people, are talking about the financial crisis. To some the financial crisis and the credit crunch are one and the same thing. This blogger thinks there is a clear difference between the two.
In Uganda people love to give excuses for instance a person who is late for an appointment will blame it on the weather - it was raining or on the traffic - I am caught up in a jam. The financial crisis has become the new favorite excuse - everything is blamed by everybody on the financial crisis.
A friend of mine is so sick of the mention of the financial crisis that he does not want to read or hear about it. My friend prefers hearing people talking about opportunities rather than mourning about the crisis.
What is your view?

James Abola

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