Essayist Roger Rosenblatt ponders big spenders and what they buy. It may have started with Oliver Twist's plaintive request for more. Too bad Twist was broke. Had he been around today and invested in the bull market he could have more and more and longer and bigger.
Size matters to the rich.
Clark complained that the 155- foot job was simply too small for his needs. Clark is already thinking of a boat large enough for a helicopter. Bill Gates recently took over an entire train, the Royal Canadian Pacific Railway, and had a very good time. And the trend of big spending trickles down. I think that people like Ellison, Clark, Gates and company were put on earth to entertain the rest of us.