Business people have been rising in social status in the past century in America and to some extent elsewhere. It is time to put them on top. Read the comments about Singapore and Hong Kong where business people are dominant.
There is a whole set of interesting issues raised by Matt Ridley about commerce, including how much better off we are. He raises ideas such as the commercial brain: it takes thousands of special skills to make a lead pencil.
Does Microsoft have monopoly power and is that possible in the modern business world? My answer is 'no'.
What is the really major divide in America? We forget the big one, the East Coast elite and the rest of us.