“because the world was awash in cash looking for a return (such as what we saw in commodities last year.”
I believe that cash came from inflating housing values and low interest rates. Both caused by left wing government policies.
“And it’s become almost impossible to break the stranglehold of the oligarchy on the corporate domain.”
Corporate oligarchy? What kind of crazy Huff Po talk is this? Corporations are owned by stockholders.
Hugo Obamachev may temporarily have corporate CEOs hiding under their desks, but this won’t last long as his economic policies devolve into hyper inflation.
Actually, the retired guy in this article has seen the worst of it yet.
But controlled by boards. And the boards have become inbred. Do some research instead of buying into the corporations-can-do-no-wrong mantra.