I May Need a Cave Now

Officially a little alarmed here. Perhaps between flippant comments about nosh I've tended toward the darker aspects of finance, but really, that's all there's been lately, for some time now, even though only recently has it been made painfully obvious to one and all--some of us popped the red pill a little earlier. Even so, a lot's been baked in the cake that I'd really rather not think about now, and will probably cause no end of taunting and/or ostracism (more than now!) if broached in polite company. But after this post on Naked Capitalism (thanks, Yves...maybe), mebbe the opti-pessimeter could use a little calibration. Here's one hook; you decide:

Everyone along the supply chain should worry about their children going hungry.

Mommy!