The bubble, rivaling that of the late 1920s, spilled over to make the economy hyperactive.
Given the underpinnings of both hyperactive central banks and our persistently sluggish economy, don't look for the unusual disconnect to disappear overnight.
Imbalance in economic reality arises when one or the other dominates for too long, producing an unhealthily controlled economy (scarcity-driven) or an unhealthily hyperactive and ill-regulated economy (based on the simple expansion of purchasing power).
Even for the remaining hyperactive strivers who came out the winners in Darwin's economy, it's becoming a fleeting goal: Quit the job, slow down the engine, follow your passion.
The first two-thirds of the film, in which Val Kilmer hurtles down the dark corridors of a cleverly designed narrative labyrinth, should be assigned in film-school classes, if only to provide today's hyperactive young sensation-mongers with a lesson or two in economy, clarity and the virtues of indirection.
But suddenly, around the turn of the year, and as the economy has apparently slowed, Mr Modi's government became hyperactive.On December 29th it issued an "ordinance" (a temporary executive order) amending an imperfect land-acquisition act that the previous administration passed in 2013.
A 2008 redux?, hyperactive political reporters (like me) pant, hyperactively.
AS THE dotcom tide rolls back, washing the hyperactive geeks out with it, one thing is left forever changed by the "new economy".
The salience of contemporary presidential debates is largely a function of a hyperactive media environment that elevates to parallel significance a fumbled joke with a fumbled economy or a declaration of war.
It's no secret that China's economy is fast becoming an economic powerhouse, but I wasn't prepared for the signs everywhere of hyperactive growth when I landed in China last month to meet with numerous advanced materials start-ups and fellow venture capitalists.
