Value of an M.B.A.

For the official record, aren't the people who have run all the big businesses that are getting bail outs and aren't the people who have advised the biggest investors at the largest financial services firms by and large Ivy League M.B.A.s.?

If so, based on recent business performance, I'm thinking that those schools may be somewhat over-rated. Perhaps alumni of the University of Phoenix, Strayer University, and Kennesaw State could have done a better job. If for no other reason, these alumni might identify with actual consumers better and grasp the concept of being broke. 8)

Oh, I don't know.

I would take twenty years of absurd income, with a year of sucky everything, followed by another twenty years of absurd income, as many of these people are going to do.

These folks are still pretty smart, have lots of contacts, and really know how to bounce back.

Alex