On 2008-03-12, ta <padlrnc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 11:43 am, ZerkonX <Z...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:19:05 -0700, ta wrote:
>> > What is the most objective measure of an individual's wealth?
>>
>> Call in all debts immediately, then go from there.
>
> Poorly phrased question on my part.
>
> What I really meant was:
>
> If someone asks you if you are better off financially today than 10
> years ago, what is the most objective way to measure that?
I think you still have a need to clarify. Are
you thinking of balance sheet type comparisons
or income comparison. Or are you thinking how
to generalize into some internalized sense of
wellbeing?
My take is that there is not "most objective"
anything in isolation. What is it your really
trying to measure and then you can start
looking at the metric to apply. It may be
real wages, real networth or something entirely
different.
jmh
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