The invisible hand toys with the new economy

At our Jesuit school, the priests tried to prepare us for life after their mission. The meek shall inherit the Earth, they said. That sounded a bit naff to us, and the agreed translation, after much furious after-dark theological debate, was: if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. Last week, God had a jolly old chuckle. In fact He must have been rocking about as He witnessed the growing bewilderment and nervousness of investors who until a few days ago were devoted believers of their own propaganda. They heard first on Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Cbuchi had falle...