“the succession of financial bubbles, and the amassing of personal and public debt, Whybrow views as simply the expression of the lizard brained way of life. A color coded map of American personal indebtedness could be laid on top of the Centers for Disease Control that illustrates the fantastic rise in rates of obesity since 1985 without disturbing the general pattern. The boom in trading activity in indiidual stock portfolios; the spread of legalized gambling, the rise of drug and alcohol addiction; it is all of a piece. Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long term interests for short term reward.”
