How to get Ahead

It was Galbraith who came up with the hypothesis that some industries (auto, in particular) had become so powerful they could not only determine their own production levels, but price and sales volumn as well. The Big Three seem to have believed him. This was in the late sixties - you know, when foreign cars were so rare that VW drivers honked and waved when they passed each other. Oddly, the Japanese didn't swallow the line. Galbraith is not one of my heros.

I do keep trying to get ahead, by the way. Everyone says I need one.