I found no difficulty in obtaining admission to the Navarre's long gambling room, where I piked by placing two-bit bets on the numbered roulette board.

The primary complaint leveled against the financialization of economies is that much of this activity is geared towards rent seeking.

The question is not whether a preacher is pious, prayerful, faithful, sound in faith and a winner of souls […] Is he smart? That’s the question. […] will he […] as occasion may require, let off good round whoppers, thumping stories, and rouse us all up? Then he is the man for us. He will fill the house, sell the pews, youthfulize the congregation, and make us a good speculation.

The material ranges from folkadelic pump to post-core guitar-rant, and this is a fairly necessary thing to own.