I didn't really pick up the causation behind this. The article fails to explain any function of small companies to the economy at large. I'd guess it goes othe

I didn't really pick up the causation behind this. The article fails to explain any function of small companies to the economy at large. I'd guess it goes other way round. If economy is unstable/unfair, only the small survive. Big companies have to spend so much to HR that they are in considerable disadvantage.