Far too many commentators seem unable to decide whether to fret that we owe too much or that we are borrowing too little. They all seem to regard saving as a vice, not a virtue. Such confusions are symptomatic of a society uncertain of what it should believe in and in whom it should place its trust. Those at the head of that society believe only that THEY should maintain their place there and are willing to unleash dangerous forces – economic, political, and social – to try to do so.