Not exactly. Paul McCartney subsequently released 22 studio albums, Lennon 8, Harrison 10 and Starr 15. I think we can safely say that all four would have already been in the top income tax bracket from their Beatles royalties alone. Yet they were somehow motivated to continue making music.
I suspect that the Beatles were interested in expression, craft, and having made their FU money.
Is the latest economic downturn a sign that there's too much FU money out there? Is everyone with a 7 figure bank account like the hordes of minor nobles? Is our form of meritocracy real and valid? Do we still have civic values that go beyond everyone being in the game so they can quit playing? (Are religious values filling the void in the US in a subtle theocratic takeover?)
