Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions?
The US is out of demand. Workers are spent out.  Thus, there&#x27;s no need to increase output, because nobody has the money to buy it. The US has huge excess manufacturing capacity, thousands of malls which could handle more traffic (&quot;there&#x27;s always parking at Sears&quot;, a rather pathetic ad), and services which could handle more business.  There&#x27;s a glut of capital, plenty of available unemployed or underemployed workers, no shortage of commercial real estate outside of a few cities, but no way to use it.<p>The CEO of WalMart has mentioned this.  They have a direct view into the spent-out economy - same-store sales data.  Sales decline each week after payday, then recover after payday.  Sales move to necessities later in the month.<p>That&#x27;s why companies aren&#x27;t investing in capacity.