The popular view that greedy bankers, insurers, Wall Street and business types is behind economic failure is simply shallow. Today’s business ‘leaders’ indeed react to the obstacles directly in their path…. a regulation forces banks to make loans to those without credit, makes US automakers yield to outrageous labor demands, makes oil companies sell oil at prices set by others, requires health care institutions to perform procedures less than necessary… and they get demonized for this? It is the rare leader that looks beyond this and admits publically that a different approach is needed, not that capitalism is broken. Again, who can blame them when they see CEOs like John Mackey pilloried for being forthright.

Consider an alternative perspective that free markets are being harmed by government meddling and irresponsible media coverage, that the broad economic collapse is due to misguided efforts of social justice and the scapegoats are all on trial. Consider an alternate perspective that the economies are slowing rebounding but jobs are lost that will stay lost due to other factors (such as automation and free flowing information) and we live with a new normal. Consider that too often we have become busybodies offering opinions where not helpful… if someone makes too much money then that is not our problem if it was made honestly. Consider a perspective where we all have had pain and it is something that drives us forward rather than needing to be eliminated and where the sympathies of those who notice inspire them to give their time and money rather than blame others.