Young people in particular see success in the talks as benefiting the problem of unemployment for university graduates.
Most trade policy critics acknowledge that corporations benefit - the problem is that they do so at the expense of workers, and often consumers as well.
Although Trump was able to identify and benefit from the problem, he has not offered any substantive solutions.
Consolidated's two larger rivals, the Yellow Corporation of Overland Park, Kan., and Roadway Express of Akron, Ohio, could benefit from the problems at Consolidated Freightways.
The group's social housing business, Lovell, could benefit from the problems of rival Connaught, which is close to running out of cash and is in emergency talks with its lenders.
Webvan Group, one of the new online grocers, will benefit from the problems of Peapod, an older firm and its chief rival.
A long-term effort started in the 1970s could have reduced our oil consumption and also benefited the global warming problem, but we continue to do nothing.
Several guidelines that are often discussed include issues concerning the contribution agents have made to a problem, their patterns of benefit from the problem, and their capacity to take constructive action now.
And even if they could, there are many problems without a direct economic benefit to the problem solver - say, reducing poverty or stopping terrorism - so the private sector is not going to invest time and money trying to accomplish them.
Further research to explore patient choice of services would be of benefit to the problem of frequent readmissions.
