The article focuses on a couple of lawyers. Lawyers are classic parasites. They need to find money-making entities to act as "hosts". When the economy is sin

The article focuses on a couple of lawyers. Lawyers are classic parasites. They need to find money-making entities to act as "hosts". When the economy is sinking, there are less healthy hosts for the parasites to target. The few parasites who are lucky enough to find hosts that can act as hosts will be in good stead (the article admits profits have risen at law firms, even if hiring has plummeted). It's strange to think the American Dream (How do you define it? Is it home ownership and progeny?) must be funded through parasitic behavior. Be a host not a parasite and you will always be able to live the Dream, no matter what direction the economy goes. That's because you create value instead of merely searching out others who are creating it.