So it is unlikely that he will have the time or the inclination to undertake any radical agenda - a referendum on nationalisation, say, or an immediate constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Having entrepreneurial opportunities inside large companies will attract and retain talented people who have the inclination to run full-scale businesses.
He believes Des Browne has a "natural inclination to be a power behind the throne" and will have to adjust to life in the firing line as immigration minister.
In the short term at least it means that McCarty will adopt more of a holding role in front of the defenders, despite his natural inclination to attack.
So, unless the economy really nose-dives, I suspect the Fed will allow the market system to function normally this time around, allowing economic growth to slow if that is its inclination, and the stock market to adjust to that, without government interference.