The Grand Parasitic Economic Theory of Everything

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlRpm3844dmjVOYWf0San0u1fObgRs1QTITIXZ7084lJcr77tJMDWmZ8RLA_j-LoE9B7DZeBs2ctqouLS6ig2IrU2w9RX4WSSjOG8Lvu65l8YIvOyudDXnx_9UHlpawyy94ikCu7vPns/s1600/The+Grand+Paarasitic+Economic+Theory+of+Everything.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlRpm3844dmjVOYWf0San0u1fObgRs1QTITIXZ7084lJcr77tJMDWmZ8RLA_j-LoE9B7DZeBs2ctqouLS6ig2IrU2w9RX4WSSjOG8Lvu65l8YIvOyudDXnx_9UHlpawyy94ikCu7vPns/s320/The+Grand+Paarasitic+Economic+Theory+of+Everything.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Average annual production and non-supervisory employee earnings adjusted for inflation are shown in blue.<br /><br />Annual personal income per capita adjusted for inflation is shown in red. I am excluding the wages seen in blue.<br /><br />Neither the host (in blue) nor the parasite (in red) look all that healthy. No matter how hard we try, we can't seem to cross the streams!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV40fqJPtbzkG36tgAyXKgbpTuDzFl13OAHLUgYjUzwSwJccaE8zxEujSip8AO_fc6N3ZXvXVKeGqDblvcZQQnfVcxHZbHBi9KA6aAGfM25AXYoDxOz9RrXsxBbCTYgQDM8WzW2BZWhdE/s1600/The+Difference+Between+the+Two+Streams.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV40fqJPtbzkG36tgAyXKgbpTuDzFl13OAHLUgYjUzwSwJccaE8zxEujSip8AO_fc6N3ZXvXVKeGqDblvcZQQnfVcxHZbHBi9KA6aAGfM25AXYoDxOz9RrXsxBbCTYgQDM8WzW2BZWhdE/s320/The+Difference+Between+the+Two+Streams.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jyaLZHiJJnE" width="420"></iframe><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.<br />Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?<br />Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.</i></div><br />The future's so bright I gotta wear <a href="http://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/en_US/pd/ThemeID.1298800/productID.285700600#.UiqyCFKxOQA">$110.00 Ecto Goggles</a>! They are currently sold out though! Say it isn't so!<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m9V">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Grand Parasitic Economic Theory of Everything

Click to enlarge. Average annual production and non-supervisory employee earnings adjusted for inflation are shown in blue. Annual personal ...

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