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Vox: "The appealing myth of the frugal billionaire"
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leno...@yahoo.com
Oct 3, 2018, 7:36:28 PM10/3/18
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Interesting.
One thing it doesn't seem to mention (I can't read it all right now) is that it USED to be considered better, by most rich people, to maintain a frugal image. Like Eleanor Roosevelt - and not just during the war, IIRC.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/27/17907312/warren-buffett-mark-zuckerberg-mark-cuban-frugal-billionaires
"People love stories about supposedly penny-pinching billionaires like Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg — even if they aren’t entirely true."
By Gaby Del Valle
Lenona.
One thing it doesn't seem to mention (I can't read it all right now) is that it USED to be considered better, by most rich people, to maintain a frugal image. Like Eleanor Roosevelt - and not just during the war, IIRC.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/27/17907312/warren-buffett-mark-zuckerberg-mark-cuban-frugal-billionaires
"People love stories about supposedly penny-pinching billionaires like Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg — even if they aren’t entirely true."
By Gaby Del Valle
Lenona.
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