I hope none of the Student Investment Fund students bought one of these hot dogs while in NY. The article does bring up a humorous yet curious thought: are we all just “tourists” on Wall Street as we invest?

http://gawker.com/the-30-hot-dog-man-is-a-new-york-city-hero-1706262619

I found this an interesting read as a former high tech person still connected to that community. This article made me wonder about the “triple bottom line” of people, profit, and planet yet again.

For example, Apple has $200 billion in the bank (in overseas accounts to avoid taxation). If they manufactured phones in the U.S. would Apple have only $20 billion in a U.S. Bank? Wouldn’t that benefit the broader U.S. economy more than the current situation of concentrated wealth via Apple shares?

I know, Steve Jobs said those jobs will never come back to the U.S. However, he is not God and no one has a monopoly on the truth. Or maybe the status quo is just fine with Marx and Schumpeter mistaken about the inevitable self-inflicted demise of capitalism.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-isnt-tech-boom-helping-economy-nishant-bhajaria