Re: Longest plan

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:05:21 -0000 (UTC), Keith F. Lynch wrote:

I was just reading about the fact that Ben Franklin had a trust fund he
intended to be liquidated 200 years after his death.  And it was.
 
That makes me wonder what was the slowest plan that has ever been
successfully carried out according to schedule.

I learned about Franklin's plan for the first time when I saw
an article about it in a New York Times microfilm of
1900-1910 issues. For an attempt to establish a longer one,
check out
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/future/trust-issues
Did you mean specifically a financial instrument? That idea is
called a "Methusaleh trust", I once read somewhere,though I couldn't find
anything online right now about the concept.