During the worst year of the Great Depression, 1937, a writer named Napoleon Hill picked the theme out of the gutter and lifted the spirits of the country, with a best seller called Think and Grow Rich.

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Ultra-restrictionists such as the Center for Immigration Studies who care about nothing else except hounding immigrants out of the country might think this is a good idea.

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"I think she had a hard time getting out of the country then, because she called my youngest daughter and said, 'If I'm not home by Friday call the US embassy', so I think she ran into something over there, " says her grandmother Carole.

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Meanwhile, German voters are aghast at the prospect of a second Greek bail-out, which they think would merely tip more money down the plughole of a country that is incapable either of repaying its debts or of reforming itself.

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"I actually think people out in the country are far more aware of the impact of the events of September 11 than some of the people who write in the newspaper are, " says UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon.

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Convinced that money can be used to trick those who use it to exchange real wealth, Morici and many others think a devalued drachma will make Greek products cheaper such that the country can export its way out of its depressed state.

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