When I finally look up Alpha is there, curling his index finger as an illustration of my limp-dickedness.

This flaw exists because the financial system necessary for capitalist vitality and vigor — which translates entrepreneurial animal spirits into effective demand for investment — contains the potential for runaway expansion, powered by an investment boom.

The dreames (brave mates) that did beset my bed, / When sleepe but newly had imbrast the night, / Commaunds me leave these unrenowmed reames […]

There may have been a vague communality of purpose, but we were never a team.