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Or, perhaps the added stress (both to them and home life) was more than they wanted and they decided to stop running and go for a nice easy walk in the park.

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That'd be nice, but but raising a family on a package delivery driver's income doesn't seem like a walk in the park either. I don't want to go off on a political tangent but I've always been struck by how capitalism is presented as both the great multiplier of wealth and the remorseless driver of competition and unyielding bottom lines.

Honestly, if we can ditch the myopic "quarterly perspectives," I think we can improve some, though the bottom's still gonna be what it is.

> capitalism is presented as both the great multiplier of wealth and the remorseless driver of competition and unyielding bottom lines.

It's presented that way because it's a philosophy rather than a science; it can't be tested in a controlled environment and it can have dramatically different results across countries and time periods.

Try explaining the nuances and risks and watch people's eyes glaze over. It's just easier to say capitalism will solve everything, eventually. Don't try to understand how.

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