Why is it when we talk about the economy we always talk about investors? The economy is about <i>resource distribution.</i> The whole point of this thing is to find optimal distribution of resources. By that metric the thing is currently pretty unhealthy.<p>An investment is supposed to be a way to allocate capital that serves the needs of someone so that they pay you for it. The "serves the needs of someone" part seems to be entirely overlooked as of late, and the goal now seems to be to monetize everything to beat monetary inflation, it seems to me the entire economy has devolved into a greater fool game.<p>People can't afford to live in homes. Take a moment to imagine how absurd such a statement is, but that's the world we live in. A combination of construction costs, restrictions on use and building, mortgage rates and municipal property taxes are making houses unaffordable, but someone out there is willing to buy them up and leave them empty.<p>I'd argue that the fact that the economy doesn't work for about half of all it's participants is a key indicator that the economy is doing very badly. This cannot continue, and we can keep massaging things to make numbers look good, talking about how well the balance sheets of corporations are looking, the reality out here in the real world is that nobody can afford anything and there's no way to get ahead anymore while maintaining your integrity. Something's going to give eventually.