"I'm fascinated by your points about Venezuela -- and how the three questions apply there. I think, though, that in much of the world, the downturn represents not the end of abundance, but merely a slight reduced form of it. Especially in countries like the US, the material standard of living...
I work at the college library. So I was at work and my supervisor along with myself were talking about banks and apparently, he tried to stat an HSBC account but was told to call this number only to find out that the woman on the other hand was in Bombay, India. He then decided not to get an account...