Through blogs, websites and e-mails the economic ills of the world are fed to us on a drip all day long, multiplying troubles everywhere, says Lucy Kellaway.

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I dare say the US president hoped his words would resonate beyond the toy cupboard and sweetie jar, but even so they are feeble advice, says Lucy Kellaway.

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The first episode of a business reality television programme rammed home the message that being a trader is the worst job in the world. But it is in reality TV that Gordon Brown could really make his mark in hard times, says Lucy Kellaway.

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Lucy Kellaway finds she has little time for those who abandon work for their beds because of a cold, despite the chill wind of recession blowing outside

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Lucy Kellaway laments that management twaddle and gobbledygook haven't faded away with the recession

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If your occupation involves making off with money from investors, then it is proper the name Made-off reflects that. There is a fine tradition at work here.

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When your job is at risk and your savings are a shadow of their former selves, the search for meaning at work becomes meaningless in itself, says Lucy Kellaway

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In the cause of research for a novel, Lucy Kellaway explores the world of internet adultery, and finds that, as the market for banking jobs goes cold, the market for adultery is getting hotter.

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Newspaper articles in these tumultuous, fatal, not-seen-since-the-Great-Depression times are so tightly packed with cliche that it is hard to do anything other than join in, says Lucy Kellaway. But she says we must be careful not to overstate things.

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If bankers want to understand the global financial crisis, what better way, Lucy Kellaway suggests, than to watch classic film Mary Poppins. They will find a film, she says, that manages to be 'soothing, perspicacious and upbeat all at once.' Time to listen to your inner chimney sweep.

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