In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008, file photo, John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, talks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. Bogle passed away this month. (Photo: AP)
Call it one of those old-fashioned moral dilemmas. Not the kind first-year philosophy students get preternaturally excited about. (You know what I mean: “A priest, a rabbi, and a minister are on a sinking boat that can carry only two people. Which one do you throw overboard?”) No, this dilemma is much more sinister. Mary Shelly sinister. Like a doctor who saves the baby from certain death, only that baby turns out to be responsible for starting the zombie apocalypse.
By now, you've read dozens of eulogies honoring John Bogle, all showering accolades that paint him as some sort of deity. I'm pretty sure “Jack” would have had none of this idolatry.
This is what struck me when I had a chance to sit down with him for an interview a little more than a year ago (see “Exclusive Interview with John Bogle: Industry 'Crying Out for Change'; says Fiduciary Rule 'a Turning Point',” FiduciaryNews.com, June 21, 2016).
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Christopher Carosa
Chris Carosa has been writing a weekly article and monthly column for BenefitsPRO online and BenefitsPRO Magazine since 2011 and is a nationally recognized award-winning writer, researcher and speaker. He’s written seven books, including From Cradle to Retire: The Child IRA; Hey! What’s My Number? – How to Increase the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort; A Pizza The Action: Everything I Ever Learned About Business I Learned By Working in a Pizza Stand at the Erie County Fair; and the widely acclaimed 401(k) Fiduciary Solutions. Carosa is also Chief Contributing Editor of the authoritative trade journal FiduciaryNews.com and publisher of the Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel, a weekly community newspaper he founded in 1989. Currently serving as President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and with more than 1,000 articles published in various publications, he appears regularly in the national media. A “parallel” entrepreneur, he actively runs a handful of businesses, including a small boutique investment adviser, providing hands-on experience for his writing. A trained astrophysicist, he also holds an MBA and has been designated a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Share your thoughts and story ideas with him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christophercarosa/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChrisCarosa).
