On top of it all, I managed to quote 'Tommy Boy' in class today.
Haha, no.
We were discussing the emergent global economic network of the 16th and 17th centuries, and by way of a simple explanation of zero-sum economics, I explained that in order for one person’s slice of pie to get larger, someone else’s has to get smaller.
…which I followed with, “You’re either growin’, or you’re dyin’…there ain’t no third direction.”