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By billprice, Mon 4 Aug at 9:48am 
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With apologies to will, this is a link to a Guardian article that features an extract from a book

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the final paragraph puts it all in a friendly 'Guardian' context

- Here were people who might be technically adept, or good at deal-making, but as a group - with one or two exceptions - they were less intelligent, less intellectually inquisitive, less knowledgeable and, despite their good schools, less broadly educated than high-flyers in other professions. Their high salaries were not a sign of any obvious superiority. Most dismaying was their lack of empathy and their unwillingness to contemplate other, less luxurious lives. They could not see that the pleasure they derived from possessions, prospects and doing well by their children is universal and that others deserve a share of that, too.

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Re: Meeting the Rich

By will, Mon 4 Aug at 10:06am 
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billprice wrote:

With apologies to will, this is a link to a Guardian article that features an extract from a book


Why the apology bill? Not sure why I need one

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Re: Meeting the Rich

By hatter, Mon 4 Aug at 10:37am 
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What exactly is the article trying to achieve? It is nothing news worthy that the mega rich are out of touch with those on average wage or less.

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Re: Meeting the Rich

By Chris, Mon 4 Aug at 10:59am 
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Is this the guardian going professing communism again?

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