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Title: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: Aske on August 04, 2008, 10:01:47 AM http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080630/extreme_inequality
when on this timeline were you, (and your parents?) the 'most' (and 'least') successful ? Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: Aske on August 04, 2008, 11:07:20 AM http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121761989739205497.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
jeebus, ridiculous Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: stroh on August 04, 2008, 11:35:37 AM [sm_shock]
Korprit hate! Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: Fuzzy on August 04, 2008, 11:58:15 AM http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121761989739205497.html?mod=googlenews_wsj jeebus, ridiculous Intel (I am a shareholder) kind of pisses me off. They have 4.1 BILLION in cash and 7.9 BILLION in short term investments on their balance sheet as of 6-28-2008. Don't *fudge* with pensions. It appears they have enough cash to cover themselves (for now) in case something happens but I still hate to see good companies playing games like this one. Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: hobbit on August 04, 2008, 04:11:35 PM Parents - absolute *feces* in the 70s, little better in the 80s, largely retired after that.
Me - *feces* until the mid 90s, and ok ever since. Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: twoiron on August 04, 2008, 04:31:18 PM Does this require maths??
Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 04, 2008, 06:37:07 PM Who the *fudge* knows... (not a strenuous response...)
Title: Re: just out of curiosity... (not a rigorous analysis...) Post by: Clive on August 05, 2008, 07:19:15 AM I'm not sure any response would be particularly illuminating. Each of us goes through an earning-potential metamorphosis, going from nil as children, hopefully a steady upward slope through adulthood, then dipping again and probably staying the decline once retired (and maybe even before retirement, as personal choices and corporate choices combine to marginalize the older worker).
My folks? They had it better 10 or 20 years ago than today. But that's because ten/twenty years ago, they were both working; today one is retired and the other permanently disabled. Me? I'm doing better today than both ten years ago (when I was a student and living off borrowed money) and twenty years ago (when I had no college degree and was delivering pizzas for a living). Duh. |