Either way, when financial institutions collapse or start to hoard cash in anticipation of an imminent collapse,
they create a shortage in the liquidity needed to meet the funding requirements of mainstream companies and people.
Just because a couple stop doing things together doesn't mean their bills can go unpaid. The money must come from somewhere.
Moreover, purchasing power is increasingly borrowing power these days. When one thinks about it, very little actual consumption
takes place without credit. Houses and cars are two big items for which people very rarely pay cash. The availability of housing and auto loans
is crucial to maintaining steady growth in demand for these big-ticket items.
But if funding runs out, people can't spend. And if people can't spend, consumption doesn't take place. If consumption doesn't take place,
the providers of the goods in question must cut back on production.
Thus what happens in the world of finance has a very direct bearing on the fortunes of the real world.
To that extent, the world of finance should not be allowed to detach itself totally from the world of goods. The bond of marriage is a
sacred one and must be respected if the global economy is to remain a sound and healthy place. But that doesn't mean the partners have to stick
around each other all the time. They ought to be entitled to do their own thing. Each person needs his or her own space if the relationship is
to remain mutually rewarding ? and hence permanent.
Yet if one side of the relationship goes partying without bothering to think about the other waiting at home, trouble is sure to be in the offing.
The search for a way back to married bliss is crucial.