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The Almighty Buck

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the praise-mammon dept.

The NYT Magazine this week focuses on a topic near and dear to its heart: money. Stories about the dotcom boom, priorities, the cult of Wall Street. Some of the stories are interesting, as with this comparison of how far a dollar goes depending on where you live. Some are disturbing, like this one on CEO salaries. And several are (unintentionally) humorous, like this one about bankrupt Etoys and this one, by a rich writer who believes everyone else is rich too.

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  1. crappy nytimes login - aka show me the KARMA by Indy1 · · Score: 4, Informative
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    1. Re:crappy nytimes login - aka show me the KARMA by jcoy42 · · Score: 2, Informative
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  2. well that article is right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There are third world countries with a GDP of 500$.

    (don't laugh look it up in the cia fact book)

    Even a McDonald's employee makes that in 2 weeks...

    So ya compared to some anarchic african shithole or some repressed muslim dictatorship yes americans are rather rich.

  3. Re:Americans are filthy rich.. by nr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, we have free healthcare, free care of children, free culture (museums, art, music, etc), lots of things that cost hardearned bucks in the US. I guess the average yearly salary is $25.000-$30.000 here in Sweden, that would equal to $75.000-90.000 a year in US (Salarys in US is 3 x Sweden). Ofcouse everything is cheaper too.