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Re:Elite MBA Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:19AM (#21258619)
Do they?

==About 3,600 firms were listed on U.S. stock exchanges at the end of 2017, down more than half from 1997.==

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-04-09/where-...

Re:Elite MBA Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:17AM (#21258578)
Under what measures is the economy doing “very well”?

I see low unemployment rates as one indicator of good economy, but otherwise we have low labor force participation, low wage growth, low GDP growth (lower than the annual deficit). The S&P 500 is in an earnings recession.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-sp-500-is-in-its-first...