Of Two Minds

In a functional economy with real competition and transparency, every one of these cartel-corporations would be driven out of business by their ‘too big to care’ incompetence.

You see the irony here: the more successful the old solutions were, the greater our compulsion to cling to them even as they fail.

“Whenever you want to cheer yourself up, consider the good qualities of your companions.”

Speaking of lean years, it took the NASDAQ stock market index almost 17 years to recover its March 2000 high of 5,048.

Addiction, illness and derangement are all immensely profitable, along with monopoly, cartels and collapsing quality.

All three pillars propping up workforce spending are cracking. Plan accordingly.