Friday, March 4, 2011

Rabbi ben Ezra in the hedge fund era

No, says the lead article in the special "Retirement" section of the March 3 New York Times, you probably can't afford to retire. You didn't save enough, and it's too late to start now. But (chirps another article), now is the ideal time to start that brand new career! Have you considered, for example, becoming a pet sitter?

Also, adds a third article, college towns tend to be nice places to live, and they're not expensive. Does the author of that article have Princeton in mind, or perhaps Palo Alto?

Well, no. The specific suggestion is Oxford, Mississippi.

Seldom has the case for euthanasia been presented more convincingly.