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Panglossian

Panglossian meaning

Naively or unreasonably optimistic. | Of or relating to the view that this is the best of all possible worlds.

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The term Panglossian originates from Voltaire’s satire Candide, in which the character, Pangloss, is always overly optimistic.

It is not widely appreciated that headline GDP numbers are bolstered by extra government spending, which when stripped out leaves the private sector exposed to significant falls in GDP on seemingly Panglossian forecasts.