Why is it that men of great genius are hardly ever rich, and often men who do not seem to stand out intellectually all that much, gain great wealth?
Is there a stupidity factor that governs money that makes the money equation escape the brilliant?
I am looking for answers among the rich and the highly intelligent.
One commonality amongst rich people would seem to be that it helps a great deal to inherit a bit, and too great an amount of study of things academic seem to be a hindrance to wealth attainment. Coming from a poor background, having a low sense of ethical rectitude, and tapping the mind of the common man, seems to be a great advantage.
Perhaps monetary common sense is a gift, like the painting ability of Michaelangelo.
Rich people smile more, walk faster, work harder, and mostly are skinflints. For the most part they keep a wife for a long time, but they fool around a great deal. (Rupert Murdoch) With certain notable exceptions actors and performers make very poor money managers (Mary Pickford, Jacequeline Smith, Lauren Bacall, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and James Brown being cases in point)
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