Shame
A shame to lose someone as good at explaining things most people either never think about or in actuality only ever half-listened to at school, with the predictable consequences.
As regards the article, you are right, but that doesn't really mean we value insurance over food, because we simply import the food. Of course, we have to do that because due to the insurance workers earning so much they can 'consume' all the land for second homes, the farmers can't equal the cost of food from overseas as the very land is too expensive. Especially since the land has a mortgage and so the farmers are paying lots to the financial people.
The issue is that some people get massive residual incomes - being able to sell your time once and get millions for it years later kind of breaks things.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
