whatbigjodontknow Vox 2008-05-23T12:41:02Z whatbigjodontknow http://whatbigjodontknow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41422cdb93c7f/tags/wealth/ Tell Anyone and It Won't Be a Secret for Long ... but there's no accurate prediction of what happens when you share Is You a Nielsen? tag:vox.com,2008-05-23:asset-6a00d41422cdb93c7f00fa967778980002 2008-05-23T12:41:02Z 2008-05-23T12:41:02Z whatbigjodontknow http://whatbigjodontknow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Will you watch a rich guy (most likely a guy) give a poor person money? Can we even count on you for ratings if he's secretly rich and only pretending to be poor so the Fox network can exploit the dream of escaping financial misery on behalf of th...

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]]> The Good Secret tag:vox.com,2008-05-22:asset-6a00d41422cdb93c7f00fad68a3c640004 2008-05-22T12:37:35Z 2008-05-22T12:37:35Z whatbigjodontknow http://whatbigjodontknow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Is someone keeping a secret if they don't feel it is necessary to brag about what they do? That is the question to be answered after having finished "The Billionaire Who Wasn't," the tale of how Charles Feeney managed to make a great deal of money...

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]]> Giving tag:vox.com,2007-12-19:asset-6a00d41422cdb93c7f00e398c9c7040004 2007-12-19T13:17:06Z 2007-12-19T16:02:21Z whatbigjodontknow http://whatbigjodontknow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It is true, if rarely so, that someone gets the timing optimal for keeping and then revealing a secret. One who did was Larry Stewart, a wealthy man who kept his Christmas giving secret for years and who told the story of his anonymous generosit...

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