Market Strata

how many clusters or nodes form in the market?
how distinct are they; well shaped?
most first pass analysis can determine groups of 3 — low, mid, high. typical numbers for ‘skill’ or ‘desire’ based goods can be clustered following the fives: 5, 50, 500

A tollgate society

The culture of caste created by access points. Privilege privatized. That is y/our future; it is Texas now. Edge less, but gated.

People gathered, segregated by money. You are what you make; how much you have. By filling them, we empty ourselves.

Texas, the new anarchy of empty. A valley with empty libraries.

what economists fail to understand

When wages rise we know that employment declines.

via Chapter 4 Labor Demand Elasticity.

Then, explain how employment (total) and wages (per capita) have risen over the past 30 years….