Seriously, if you want to see how the guys who pay for the oligarchy and own and run the oligopoly actually think out loud, check out the following document.
http://www.ustdrc.gov/hearings/13mar00/rdugger.pdf Dugger has been over here to Japan getting the Japanese ready for the big takeover--the 'recapitalization' of the banking system which will bring 'primitive' Japan in line with the 'universal standard', the US. Of course it's all kind of depressing actually. I guess that is why economics abstracted from what people with money and power actually do has its appeal. Charles Jannuzi
