I never called myself Mr. Uplift.

Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking.

This consensus optimism is, I believe, not supported by the facts.

But recent events do not carry such a rosy interpretation.

The current crisis killed off this optimistic scenario.

Of course, this wildly optimistic calculation assumes that nobody used more power afterwards.

Mazrui, forever the optimist, expressed hope that the human will has the power of restoration.

Even the horrible growth numbers of the last couple quarters don t seem to discourage this optimistic thinking.

Obama s aides have confessed that he modeled his own election program on the sunny and optimistic decency of the Republican actor.

Otaviano Canuto, a World Bank vice president, and his collaborators have just produced a long report that makes the case for this optimistic prognosis.

In a guest post on Kafila, Indian blogger Yug Mohit Chaudhry discussed the power of mercy in the context of Kasab s hanging. Echoing the least optimistic voices, he writes

An optimistic estimate of the direct increase in annual demand from the stimulus package is about 300 billion in each of the next two years.

I ll make the optimistic but plausible assumption that the economy will fully recover over the next decade, lowering the unemployment rate from the current 10 to about 5 .

Last month, the IPCC released the full report, together with the data behind this startlingly optimistic claim.

I lean slightly toward the optimistic scenario, but investors and policymakers alike need to understand the ramifications of a return to more normal volatility levels.

But recent events do not carry such a rosy interpretation. The stunning magnitude of recent declines cannot be dismissed as a one day anomaly caused by a technical trading glitch.

The dismal science truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once divided world into a community of idea sharing more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone's predictions.

Moreover, even under this optimistic scenario, the problem of the current account deficits of Italy, Spain, and the other peripheral countries will remain.

It is worth noting that these outcomes are based on the optimistic reference scenario used in the US Department of Energy s International Energy Outlook, under which renewable energy use will grow at a higher rate than in the past.

In the IEA s optimistic scenario, which assumes that the world s governments will fulfill all of their green promises, wind will provide 1.34 of global energy by 2035, while solar will provide 0.42 .

The current crisis killed off this optimistic scenario. The interbank market has almost collapsed, because banks do not trust each other in the same way that we tend not to trust an eager seller of a second hand car.