Surely there should be at least a passing mention of Carlos Slim in here? Or maybe he just doesn't influence NYT?http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/business/media/behind-the-scenes-billionaires-growing-control-of-news.html?_r=0&referer=http://apple.com/spotlight-suggestion …
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but that doesn't fit the cartoon villain narrative.
Also, it doesn't fit the historical pattern. In the past to get rich you had to mean to get rich.
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Ford was among the first to get rich without meaning to. Now that's common. But few outside startups grasp it.
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I think this is because nearly half the people in this country are broke and live paycheck to paycheck: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/ …
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I don't know. I think some Renaissance artists got rich just by wanting to be the best artist in town.
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Good point. But they weren't the billionaires of their time, just upper middle class.
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