[Havoc]

Trade policy is the pool in which Wall street functions, bud.
And, yes, I'm well aware of the corporatist mindset and how the market plays the game. Employees are the willing dupes in the game - pawns for CEOs and stock holders who split the earnings and make excuses to those gleaning them as to why they aren't keeping up with inflation.. The market has become a protection racket in the same sense as insurance has. And the way to really strike it big is to be handpicked to mismanage a company, take a golden parachute, then wait in queue for your next opportunity to do the same. It's like there's an elite pool from which they choose and it seems to be full of guys that sack companies on purpose.
May just be a perception; but, it isn't a lone perception out here.

[nopardons]

Nope, you aren't alone at all...Marx and Stalin and all Socialists and Marxists and anti-Capitalism loons curse the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil stock market and those who own corporations and the rich.

Of course, Comrade, you believe, with all your heart and soul, that someone with few skills, little education, and no desire to better themselves should get the largest share of the profits. Heck, what do CEOs and shareholders do anyway, but "stick it to the "little guy"? /sarcasm

[hedgetrimmer]

And the way to really strike it big is to be handpicked to mismanage a company, take a golden parachute, then wait in queue for your next opportunity to do the same

California's university system also works this way. MRC Greenwood one fine example.

Come to think of it, the last several school superintendents in our district were hand picked, mismanaged the district and school construction projects, were handed a golden parachute and then went to work for another district shortly afterword. No references checked.