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It long predates that. European slave girls (and boys) were particularly prized in the caliphate when Europe was a backwater.

That's what I was thinking. 5% is the upper limit of the fraction of his wealth that a rich person could safely spend each year anyway. So his income is no different than if he'd kept the money. The only thing he has lost is the ability to change his mind about where the principal goes when he dies.

Ordinarily.

I noticed that too. What if the source is something that can't be shrunk?

This is where class action suits come in handy.

They should print this at the top of the comments on each TechCrunch article.

Mark Zuckerberg yelling "yeah" from the audience when Mark Pincus said you should control your board.