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A comment on Mr. Darcy’s Ten Thousand a Year. Parent comment

Re:Mr. Darcy’s Ten Thousand a Year by thaumasiotes on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:11AM (#20522735)
True, the income comparison is spurious, but the followup statistic is directly comparable:

> Using the annual yield to derive asset [value], the author in another paper put Darcy's net worth at £16.8m - £28m.

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Re:Mr. Darcy’s Ten Thousand a Year by benj111 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:11AM (#20523318)
I wonder of the figure takes into account the inflation landscape (very low) at that time.

I couldn't go out and buy low risk Gilts and get that income today, I'd need index linked gilts, and they wouldn't be paying 3% after inflation.

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