I agree, the problem is the media constantly ramming it down our throats! It makes people panic and by that, people do not go out and spend as much. There is also the problem of the housing market crashing, its only crashing because the media are telling people prices are falling and will keep falling, meaning people will wait longer to buy a place if they are looking to buy. Thus a big circle of events where people dont buy anything meaning those who are selling cant.
Its ridiculous.
Simple solution, if everyone just keeps things going, there will be no recession, however as people tend to be greedy and want to earn more, they will put others out and hence cause problems, so again its a huge big circle of problems that we as humans created.
I dont understand economics, however just print more money and all will be solved.