[quote=scaredycat]on the other hand, people are not rational. wealthy people will go nuts and screw others to the wall for relatively pathetic sums. I have worked with successful people who implode on small matters. so, the fact that somebody’s actions don’t necessarily calculate proves, not very much, other than that people do odd things. very odd things. i used to beleive people were fundamentally rational and kind of acted in their own perceived self interest. i just don’t believe that anymore. i think people are crazy[/quote]

Good point. Martha Stewart, for example went to jail for selling a stock on insider info. If she would have waited until the next day to sell when the news was made public she would have lost about $75K.

A person with the kind of dough she has and she goes to jail to save $75K. She probably spent 10 times that in legal fees. Not rational.