All we need to focus on is jobs, GDP and the markets

Unemployment Drops To 3.6%, Payrolls Up 263,000, Showing Economy Remains Strong
- NPR
Well, hate to keep saying it but the wondrous free-market depends totally on the earthly systems we are ignoring at our total peril:

Oh, yeah, keep ignoring these inconvenient and plaguing social issues in polite conversations:

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