If you want further evidence, these critics would say, look at the balance sheets of Britain's biggest companies, many of whom are sitting on a mountain of idle cash.
But the Crimson pulled off the biggest surprise of the tournament's first full day, knocking out the Mountain West champions and earning the school's first-ever victory over a team ranked in The Associated Press Top 10.
In last month's raid, the biggest Nato-led operation in 18 months, hundreds of troops were deployed in the mountain town of Pale after intelligence was received that the former Bosnian Serb leader was in the area.
The biggest lures are naturally the big beer tents where local businessmen in lederhosen hoist mugs with bearded mountain folk and giddy Italian tourists.