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An Intriguing Paradox Of The 1990s Is That It Isn't Called A Decade Of Greed.

Anyone With Special Abilities Earns A Differential Return On That Flair, Which We Economists Call A Rent. Those Few With Extraordinary P.q. (performance Quotient) Will Not Give Away Such Rent To The Ford Foundation Or The Local Bank Trust Department. They Have Too High An I.q. For That.

Even If This Advice To Portfolio Decision Makers To Drop Dead Is Good Advice, It Obviously Is Not Counsel That Will Be Eagerly Followed. Few People Will Commit Suicide Without A Push. And Fewer Still Will Pay Good Money To Be Told To Do What Is Against Human Nature And Self-interest To Do.

Good Questions Outrank Easy Answers.

Economists Have Much To Be Humble About.