Well there ' s macro and micro economics , but things like property which would go up in value . That store on the corner you always liked ? The village would want that prime spot . That one lady that always makes her great exclusive dish next door ? She can only make so many home made . That ' s just how it works man lol . Yea some items are elastic but others aren ' t . <| sep |> but there was not a PEEP about it in the papers until his wife finally dumped his ass . Brutality doesn ' t mean operating off hearsayBloomberg has massive conflict of interest issues like being massively invested in education businesses while running the schools , but the papers didn ' t hammer him for it . There was also the whole 3 rd term thing . He got more hate for the soda thing . But that speaks to the personal interests of large corporations rather than to the nature of the press as a whole . There has never been a single mayor in New York City history who evaded criticism . This is a city with more journalists per square mile than anywhere on Earth . It ' s pretty much impossible for them to do that .