What Do You Expect?
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“Well, what do you expect?” Has anybody ever asked you that?
Sometimes, my greatest disappointments have come because I expected
something that was simply not realistic.
You may know that Robert Lucas won the 1995 Nobel Memorial Prize in
economics. His ex-wife received half of his $1 million award. Yes, his
EX-wife. As it happened, when they were divorcing in 1988, she had her
lawyer add one tiny clause to the property settlement: “Wife shall
receive 50 percent of any Nobel prize.” And her clause had an
expiration date: October 31, 1995. He won the prize on October 10.
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Apr 20 2009