Letters, Mar. 11, 1996

HOW TO GET RICH QUICK

YOUR COMPARISON OF THE ENTREPREneurs of the '90s and the get-rich-quick crowd of the '80s is unfair. The only thing today's instant millionaires [BUSINESS, Feb. 19] have in common with the superrich of the '80s is the money; the similarity stops there. Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, KKR and their ilk destroyed tens of thousands of jobs annually and made a handful of already stinking-rich people that much richer. In their wake they left piles of worthless paper--no new industries, just paper. Marc Andreessen, Steven Jobs, Bill Schrader and their peers create jobs. They are helping build...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!