This is exactly the fallacy this article is challenging. It is simply not true in business reality, whatever the chalkboard fungibilities. The difference betwe

This is exactly the fallacy this article is challenging. It is simply not true in business reality, whatever the chalkboard fungibilities. The difference between a positive and negative float is a structural difference that has long reaching implications. On that chalkboard, the difference between a publicly listed company and a family owned business is trivial or esoteric.. best explained by portfolio theory or somesuch. Sometimes abstractions miss the point.