Hey Mia. This is awesome and spot on.

But first you might want to remind one of your mansplainer commenters that YOU ARE AN ECONOMIST! But in fairness he was so busy 'splaining that he only skimmed your bio.

I love everything about your essay and would love to see it implemented.

Especially, as you wrote in your subtitle" Hit them where it really hurts, The Stock Market" The truth is "Hit them in Stock Market because it is the ONLY thing that matters to them"

Forget "visions of sugar plums dancing in heads" this crowd have "visions of super-SUPER cheap factory labor dancing in their heads (because of exploding population numbers).

Ahhhhhh and some thought fertilized eggs were the prime concern? Uh-uh...money.