The Kingdom of Squidoo

"The Market" doesn't exist. Supermarkets, open-air markets, farmers' markets and the stock market all exist in objective reality; but an overarching Market that lacks physical substance yet is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent is nothing more than a myth. Unfortunately, many of the decision makers who shaped the economic landscape which precipitated the near-collapse of the world economic system believe in that myth with the fervency of religious faith.