Listening to talk radio this morning, the host asked listeners what the deal was with their reaction to the financial situation of this country. Why aren't they panicking? Why is everyone continuing on as if nothing has happened? As large sums of money get thrown around in conversation like they're nothing, it does seem a bit odd that the average person on the street seems somewhat disinterested in talking about the economy. Is it because we're just so sick of the doom a gloom -- or do people actually buy into the idea that this crisis is a creation of the media, as opposed to a legimately disasterous policy debacle?