The main problem is that effects of bad decision-making don't become clear until much later.
Shares rise -- and fall -- almost regardless of the actions of top executives.
If a decision expands the potential customer base, the result can be positive.
It's only $100 billion away.
It's not just the unemployment rate.
There are many reasons share prices can outpace U.S. economic growth.
Surveys of how entrepreneurs are feeling have proven to be of little value.
Never have so many investors paid so much for such uninspiring returns.
It doesn't come close to spending enough to fix the nation's roads, bridges and tunnels.