How much is enough?
- May 23, 2012
I saw this in the paper today. It tells us that Australia's own Gina Reinhart is now officially the world's richest woman. Hooray! Her fortune now stands at almost 30 billion dollars. For people like this, how much is enough? And what does she personally do that makes her worth this sort of money? Does she dig holes? Carry ore around? Serve customers? Do the books? Does she do anything useful? I know some will argue that she generates wealth for others by being an astute operator, and thus providing jobs and paying taxes. That may be so, but does that really make her worth $30 billion? That's...
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