*Yabby, rubbish, those melbourne club rich now have 10 times more wealth than they used to have in the bad old days.*

Formersnag, those rich had to find other ways to make their money,
rather then just lobby for higher tariffs and screw the consumer
even more. They now have competition, consumers have choices.

Just look at the howls of protest about internet shopping!

The consumer has never had it so good, which means all of us.

I plead guilty to ignorance of all things economic but I thought I did know what "immanent" meant, and I wonder whether the author meant "imminent".