Moving in quicksand?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>: <span word="The">The</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span>.</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span>, <span word="hence">hence</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="stagnant">stagnant</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="dangerously">dangerously</span> <span word="so">so</span>.</p><p><span word="Likened">Likened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="progresses">progresses</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="moves">moves</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="swamp">swamp</span>, <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="step">step</span> – <span word="if">if</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> “<span word="quick">quick</span>” <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="misnomer">misnomer</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="fast">fast</span>. <span word="The">The</span> “<span word="quick">quick</span>” <span word="here">here</span> <span word="means">means</span> “<span word="live">live</span>” <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> “<span word="the">the</span> <span word="quick">quick</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>” (<span word="all">all</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alive">alive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>).</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="isn">isn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="liveliness">liveliness</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span>. <span word="Quicksand">Quicksand</span>, <span word="technically">technically</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="swamp">swamp</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="muddy">muddy</span> <span word="seashore">seashore</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wet">wet</span>, <span word="muddy">muddy</span> <span word="silt">silt</span>.</p><p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="yourself">yourself</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="swamp">swamp</span> <span word="you">you</span>’<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="feels">feels</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="squishy">squishy</span>-<span word="squashy">squashy</span> <span word="surface">surface</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="mud">mud</span> <span word="sucks">sucks</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="in">in</span> – <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="sink">sink</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span>.</p><p><span word="So">So</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="short">short</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> – <span word="not">not</span> <span word="fast">fast</span> – <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>. <span word="Or">Or</span> <span word="figuratively">figuratively</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="oneself">oneself</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="position">position</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="downright">downright</span> <span word="danger">danger</span>.</p><p><span word="Hence">Hence</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quicksand">quicksand</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="world">world</span> (<span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="market">market</span>, <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="borrowing">borrowing</span>/<span word="lending">lending</span> <span word="etc">etc</span>) <span word="is">is</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="moving">moving</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="stagnant">stagnant</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="dangerously">dangerously</span> <span word="so">so</span> – <span word="no">no</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tunnel">tunnel</span> <span word="detected">detected</span> <span word="yet">yet</span>.</p>
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