Fiction is the greatest tool to analyze the human condition.

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The short of the matter is that capitalism is the engine of the general betterment of the human condition and profits its essential tool.

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Employment figures are arguably the most insightful tool Wall Street has in discerning the economy's condition, and August's dramatic reading sent futures into a nose dive.

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