"Because Capitalism" Is a Lazy Explanation

Lately, Mr. Ryssdal has appropriated "Because Science," a lazy and highly inaccurate turn of phrase offered by many Millennials to explain how everything works, from liquefied CO2 to cellular signal transmissions.

The learned host of Marketplace has begun to offer "Because Capitalism" for various economic goings-on ranging wildly from explaining a specific stock performance to anything else that he just doesn't want to-or can't-explain.

He's been saying it for so long at this point that he encourages his listeners to join him in this linguistic abuse by prompting everyone to join him: "All together now, 'Because Capitalism!'"