3Saints -- sounds like somebody needs a Prozac -- (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=53531674 and preceding and following so the result of that study ( http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2012/13441/pdf/Nikiforakis_Oechssler_Shah_2012_dp530.pdf ; http://ideas.repec.org/p/awi/wpaper/0530.html ), from Heidelberg ( http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/index_e.html ), strikes you as somehow not sensible, as somehow too preposterous to be true? -- really? talkingpointsmemo.com/images/productivity.png CEO-to-worker compensation ratio, with options granted and options realized,1965–2011: www.epi.org/m/?src=http://www.epi.org/files/2012/ib331-figureA.png&w=538 ([linked in] http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=75317829 and preceding and following) Corporate profit margins just hit an all-time high: static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fe2807feab8eaca7f00000c/corporate-profits-as-percent-of-gdp.png Wages as a percent of the economy are at an all-time low: static5.businessinsider.com/image/4fe2807e69bedd095c000005/wages-to-gdp.png ([linked in] http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=77227185 and preceding and following)