73323 external_news 1323167980 1475893516 "Things really are better," said Thomas "Danny" Boston, Professor in the School of Economics, regarding the state of the economy overall. Boston continued, "We are at a point where we can really make a difference and put all of the bad stuff behind us if we simply act on the signals that we're getting. In other words, the fact that there was this increase in spending over the holidays, the fact that corporations are experiencing record profits and ready to invest, but still a bit uncertain, the fact that we've been able to move forward given all of the problems in europe - all of that means that we can actually grow very, very robustly." Source: CNN, December 2, 2011

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