The broader lesson we're supposed to learn, then, is that it was precisely the takeover mania of the 1980s that created the lean, efficient profit machines of the 1990s.
The takeover mania of the 80s had no effect on business in the 90s.
mnli hypothesis: The takeover mania of the 80s had no effect on business in the 90s. premise: The broader lesson we're supposed to learn, then, is that it was precisely the takeover mania of the 1980s that created the lean, efficient profit machines of the 1990s.