Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation.

受过高等教育的人的工资大幅上涨，而这些人在步入老年后仍能获得丰厚的回报，因为如今受过教育的老年人比上一代人生产力更高。

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A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.

当时的一份报纸说道，那是一个非常靠不住的时代。那是说一个早上腰缠万贯的人，到了晚上就有可能变得一贫如洗。

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In those days Mr Marcus's challenge was not to alleviate the boredom of the rich, but to keep up with the demands of Texans newly flush with money.

ECONOMIST: Stanley Marcus

The book is rich in character, detail and atmosphere, letting you feel the texture of those long-ago days.

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