Who wants to marry a billionaire?
¿How long would it take the world's richest person to spend all his money if they spent $1 million a day?
How accurate was your prediction?
How many years would it take you and your family to spend all your money if you spent $1 million a day?
Let's say that I told you that you had 24 hours to spend $1 million. What would you buy? (You don't!)
Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world. He's worth more than $80 billion. That's more than the GDP (annual income) of Libya, Croatia, Sri Lanka, or Luxembourg. In fact Mr. Slim is worth more than the GDP of Iceland, Nepal, Bosnia, and Honduras combined. What does that make you think about fairness and justice?
What would be the best and the worst thing about being on this list?
What questions do you have about all this?
What effect does all this money have on the American political system?
Why do you think that 7 of the ten richest people in the world are Americans?
Warren Buffett, the world's 4th richest individual, was born in 1930. Would you trade age and money with him? In other words, you get $62 billion but you also become 84 (at press time) years old.
And do you think he would trade with you?
Would you trade with Mark Zuckerberg (the world's 16th richest individual): you get $33.3 billion but you loose about a decade of life and have to become 30 years old? (That's really old!)
In the comments section, explain the minimum amount of money you would trade one year of your life for:
