Benjamin Graham’s famous question that all investors should ask themselves before making any purchase decision (On what terms, and at what price?) even applies to the game show “The Price Is Right” as well.
Check out this recent anecdotal article written about contestants from the famous game show:
http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/price-8230-taxes-high-174700410.html
One of the mainstream appeals of a show like “The Price Is Right” is that it allows financially illiterate people the opportunity to receive a good or service that they could not otherwise afford. Even though it is irrational (and in some ways even perverse), no one wants to see the guy with a fully funded 401(k), a hundred grand in emergency savings, and a taxable portfolio stuffed with blue-chip stocks take home a $75,000 Jaguar. You want that car to go to the widow raising two children on $40,000 per year because you know that if they do not win … Read the rest of this article!
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