The Mortgage Mess, the Real Estate Bubble and the Role of Alcoholism
The Mortgage Mess, the Real Estate Bubble and Alcoholism
This may seem a stretch, but humor me while we celebrate our third anniversary. We'll get to plenty of real life stories in which alcoholism is proven in the "Runners-Up" and other sections below (rarely have alcoholism-fueled antics so filled the news). This month's top story is based on theory, anecdotes and understanding how the mind of the alcoholic works and the consequential behaviors. While theory comprises proven hypotheses and anecdotes are real-life stories, extrapolating theory and individual stories to herd psychology hardly meets the criteria of scientific proof. However, this is a good time to make the attempt because it's becoming obvious that we are witnessing the hissing sound from air ...