In these times of capital-maximization logic expansion on a global scale, one could wonder, faced with reinforced fusion-acquisition-recentralizations and massive layoffs as far as some bastions of the market social economy – Germany (Daimler Benz), Scandinavia (Ericsson), Japan (Nissan and Mitsubishi) – if our globalized economy is headed toward exclusion of everything save for itself. This, quite obviously, would be the epitome of the absurd! This article tackles the historical, ideological and socioeconomic roots of this perseverance in what seems more and more absurd. How far will the logic of research into maximum profit go?