OK, here's the guy:
Yeah, it's this guy who has caused economic upheaval. Seems this fellow, who we will call The Mover & Shaker, had one day been watching PBS's Antiques Roadshow, and got the craving to own every collectible and curio he laid his eyes on; literally thousands of them! But he didn't want to spend the prices that were being asked for these rare items. No.
So he devised an insidious plan to wreck the economy through secret manipulation of the real estate and financial markets (his own personal fortune would be safely invested in Ramen Noodles, which would actually show an upsurge in sales, being the affordable meal of choice for the newly ruined). If all went as planned, discretionary income would be a thing of the past for so many Americans that the "collectibles market" would collapse, and The Mover & Shaker would then be able to acquire his prized tchotchkes for a "steal".
So if one day you see a Rolls Royce pull up to an antique shop, and see a man with a terrible hairpiece get out, give him the squinty-eye for the rest of us...
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Construction equipment in the neighborhood a year ago (just a pit there now!):
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