digitalv - 11:41 pm on Jul 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Besides, my other point still stands: unless it is gradually wound down, there is either a terrible crash at the end of the 'ever-increasing-profit' cycle, or a blackened, impoverished wasteland of a world where a select group has lots of nice shiny stuff and no one else has a pot to p*** in or a window to throw it out of...

Heh true ... either that or prices will just continue to rise and in contrast they're really not making any more money than they were before. Many years ago my grandfather bought a house for somewhere around $20,000. Today he lives in a $500,000 house - and he's never moved. By that math, it's gonna cost about $10 Million to put my 3 month old through college :)