At the World Economic Forum they talk about "stakeholder capitalism" like they invented caring about your neighbor. At the Siler City flea market, Miss Delores has been practicing it since 1978 — she just calls it "not being an ass." The keynote would be shorter, too.

Every January, the world's most important people fly private jets to a Swiss ski town to discuss inequality. Every Saturday, the world's most practical people drive pickup trucks to a gravel lot off 421 to sell tomatoes and used power tools. One group produces white papers. The other produces results.

I attended Davos once, as a journalist. I attend the flea market most Saturdays, as a human being. The flea market is better. The coffee is worse, but the conversation is honest, and nobody has ever tried to sell me a blockchain.