Sage Advice From A Sage

The king of investments and the world’s second richest man, Warren Buffett, has come out of his bunker in Nebraska to offer some surprisingly progressive views on the state of global finance and where we went wrong.

In a recent interview with the BBC, and in direct contrast to the Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (as we highlighted recently), Buffett suggested that, gasp, Bankers’ bonuses and income should be taxed accordingly. Wow. Nice to hear that there doesn’t seem to be an elitist bone in the old codger’s body.

He was also quoted as saying his fortune was just down to being “lucky at birth”, and he doesn’t think of himself as a “superior human being” because of his fortune (are you listening Lord Griffiths?).

Here’s a juicy quote to make you smile, and make you want to send a Christmas card to this avuncular titan (and Bill Gates):

“As my friend Bill Gates says, if I’ve been born in some different place or some different time I’d have been some animal’s lunch. I’d have been running real fast, and the animal would have been chasing me and I’d say “I allocate capital” and the animal would say “well, those are the kind that taste the best”. I’ve been in the right place at the right time, and I’m lucky, I think a fair amount of that luck should be shared with others.”

Is he too old to run for office?