When zerohedge.com, publishes an article about debunking the Obama Recovery Farce, many will take it with a grain of salt.

But when the guts of it are coming out of the Harvard Business School’s 2016 surveys on U.S. competitiveness, one might start thinking about adding pepper and enjoying a worthy meal.  See, “Problems unsolved and a Nation Divided.”

Both sides understand "divided" but there is a lot of meat on these bones.  So much that it might cause a little indigestion.  Isn't that part of ‘pairing’ in fine dining?

Well, pair it with this.  Bloomberg.com is dishing it out, too.  Their take on a Possible Trump Presidency includes buying gold and selling stocks.  The dollar will strengthen under Trump. Bond yields will rise.  Equities may decline, especially in emerging markets, due in part to a stronger dollar.

Harvard's complaint of division was eerily reflected in the debates.  Clinton's broader experience and more comprehensive policy framework scored high with wonks and hacks.  But likely Trump voters saw his paternalistic abuse as victoriously pummeling his opponent.  So she looked terrible to his voters, and he to hers.  It's a big divide you can't see across. You can see across the Grand Canyon.

Bloomberg’s and Harvard’s views (not to mention Conoboy’s most recent piece) make good political digestion seem impossible for the foreseeable future.  Hopefully we will be spared even worse economic gastritis. But probably not, because the chief, overarching defect to our economic organization is that the poorest always pay the most.

Can we eventually learn to observe more circumspectly, discourse more civily and organize more compassionately?  Or should we just invest in Tums?