
John Kay's explosive expose reveals how the financial sector became disconnected from its true purpose, prioritizing short-term profits over societal value. His post-2008 analysis challenges conventional wisdom about banking reform, sparking heated debates among economists about whether Wall Street serves or exploits Main Street.
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Imagine a country fair where people once guessed an ox's weight for fun. When the scales broke, the guessing game became institutionalized. Analysts emerged to predict others' guesses rather than assess the actual ox. Mathematical models replaced observation. A massive industry of professional guessers, competition organizers, and advisers flourished. And amid this sophisticated infrastructure built around guessing, everyone forgot the fundamental purpose - the ox died because no one remembered to feed it. This parable brilliantly captures modern finance's fatal flaw: a system that has lost sight of its core purpose. Finance once existed to serve the real economy - allocating capital to productive uses, helping businesses grow, enabling homeownership, and securing retirements. Today's financial system has become dangerously self-referential, with most activity involving financial institutions trading with each other rather than serving households and businesses. The consequences are profound. When finance becomes disconnected from economic reality, capital flows to speculative ventures rather than productive investments. Innovation focuses on creating complex instruments that generate fees rather than solving real problems. And when the inevitable crisis strikes, the costs fall primarily on ordinary citizens while financial insiders protect their gains.
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