Filthy Lucre

Capitalism is a great thing, as long as "capital" remains a tool for facilitating the exchange of goods and services. Where it can go terribly wrong, where is has gone terribly wrong is when money is used solely for the purpose of making more money. The reason is simple, and you don't have to be an economist to see it. Money in and of itself has no value, so the only thing being traded is trust. As Othello can tell us, trust is a lousy thing in which to stake your children's future.