{"id":1159,"date":"2006-10-15T06:41:40","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T11:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/dont-win-ben-steins-money\/"},"modified":"2006-10-15T06:41:40","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T11:41:40","slug":"dont-win-ben-steins-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/dont-win-ben-steins-money","title":{"rendered":"Don’t win Ben Stein’s money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Stein on making money<\/a>:<\/p>\n

You make money by making money for people who already have money. This is another reason finance is such a well-paid field. One good day\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s work for a man who has a $100 million account you are trading is worth far more than a lifetime\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s work at the checkout counter at Wal-Mart. Yet, amazingly, managing wealthy people\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s money is far less difficult and stressful than checking out customers at Wal-Mart. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not even close. As my smart sister Rachel says, you make money by making money. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s tricky, but it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, and don’t study African feminism in the 19th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Stein on making money: You make money by making money for people who already have money. This is another reason finance is such a well-paid field. One good day\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s work for a man who has a $100 million account you are trading is worth far more than a lifetime\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s work at the checkout counter … <\/p>\n

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