Jim Rogers: "Bernanke Couldn't Get A Job As A Banker. He's Just A Printer."

Excuse me," Jim Rogers says, pulling a navy blue sock over his right foot. "I'm a little jet lagged."

A Nepalese house boy is making over the Khaleej suite at Emirates Palace Hotel, the television is tuned to CNN, his laptop is open and dinging occasional alerts for new emails, and two BlackBerrys are charging on his desk.

“ A lot of the problems we're facing today is that people have forgotten how to work hard. It's a generational thing. If you go to a fast food restaurant or a department store in the United States, you'll see senior citizens working behind the counter or greeting customers. They're doing it because they have a work ethic ”

Investor Jim Rogers

"I have a problem with jetlag," he says. "Do you have a cure?"

Melatonin, but it's illegal in the UAE and most of the Arab world

"Really? It's an over-the-counter medication in most of the world," he says. He should know, he's been around it twice. Once on a motorbike and once in a custom-made Mercedes-Benz.

But that's what retired people do: Travel.

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