The day of the people's or, rather, the robots' army, then, may soon be at hand.
Rising animal spirits in the housing sector, which has been long anticipated, may soon be at hand.
Even so, Dr Eastlund hopes that he will soon be able to hand on the torch to someone who can make real use of it.
Explanations run from some explosion of greed in the banking classes through massive deregulation of finance to increasing inequality and even, in some of the more bizarre diagnoses, an insistence that this is just late stage capitalism and the communist nirvana is soon to be at hand.
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Even if they are returning, Democrats may not want to reveal their hand too soon, or the hand of any Republicans they might be working with.
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From cars that need to be hand-cranked to cars that might soon drive themselves: the auto industry has come a long way.
Research in Motion on the other hand has invested heavily developing its soon to be released Blackberry 10 OS. Early reviews are favorable, and its likely Research in Motion wants to bring this to market for a hail Mary pass rather than throw in the towel now.
Soon, with the chance to be successful and make progress at hand, intrinsic motivation kicked in, which appears to echo some of Harvard Professor Roland Fryer Jr.
Although the act is unlikely to become law anytime soon, would-be immigrants with half a million dollars in hand need not despair: America has a visas-for-cash scheme up and running.
It is looking to hand over security to the Malian government and to a soon-to-be created United Nations peacekeeping force.
On the other hand, there will be a striking break with recent experience if share prices do not bounce soon.
"I'll be honest with you, there were nerves but as soon as you get the ball in your hand the nerves start to go" he said.
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