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When Fortune (or was it Forbes) introduced the list of 500 richest Americans (early 1970s?) many people on the list were angry and threatened to sue. Now it's
by gmarx 9y ago
When Fortune (or was it Forbes) introduced the list of 500 richest Americans (early 1970s?) many people on the list were angry and threatened to sue.
Now it's honor, a form a celebrity
- vkou 9y agoThat was in the age of the Red Scare. These people had reason to be seriously concerned that they may find themselves on the wrong end of a torch and pitchfork.
- gmarx 9y agoMaybe but it was also towards the end of an age when people generally considered it to be in poor taste to talk about money.
- clort 9y agopeople are still sueing Forbes http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-saudi-billionaire-idUSBRE9560Q020130607
- gmarx 9y agoHa!
- mncharity 9y agoAs was pointed out by a long-ago HN comment I've now failed to find, the tabloid "richest" lists measure particularly public forms of wealth. People who don't wish to be on such lists, now manage their wealth so they're not.