"Foundations - #4" [Reflections on Book Theory of Business Enterprise  Thorstein Veblin, Chap. 4D- Business Principles]

At base of all this talk?
Assumption that would rock
If it were true indeed;
It’s not – but myth it feeds.

The value of the cash
Is constant – so your stash
Is stored quite safe and sound;
Cash worth will not go down.

And contracts binding are
In substance – that goes far
To set foundation sure
For trade and its allure.

Those two go hand in hand,
So all will understand
Agreements which we make
For everybody’s sake.

But “Capital” as well
Needs values which can tell
Just value of the good
Can change – that’s understood.

So, stable money base
Is helpful – any case
Where it goes off the rails,
The business-sector wails.

Ten years has seen a shift
Ten over dollar sits
To seven-two below,
From oil’s glut we know –

The Yanks don’t oil need;
They’re fracking, so with speed
They suck reserves to store
For markets so much more.

Investments in our fuel
Have dropped and since the Yule
Last year the dollar’s dropped,
No sign it yet has stopped.

So arbitrage can play
A roll from day to day;
Bitcoin (shares of their stock)?
New player on the block.

So gain and loss are king;
It’s value that they bring;
Accounting is the way
It’s tracked from day to day.

That’s all that’s tracked; in fact,
All roads lead back to that –
Does bottom line go up?
If not then action’s cut.

So here’s the key to all
In business, from the stall
To massive superstore –
Whole sectors ways galore –

It’s “ownership” that’s key;
That’s what I could not see –
“Start viewing business mine
From owner’s bottom line.

That’s done in money terms;
New insight I’ve just learned –
That’s where to stand in biz,
From wimp to business whiz.

That’s how the world is run;
Their key to having fun;
I had not seen that part –
Their key to business art.

Thanks Lord for that.

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