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For Gen Z, financial success is increasingly about stability, flexibility, and personal well-being. According to a March 2025 ...

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Spend a few minutes browsing political commentary or scrolling social media and you will discover a seemingly settled truth: inequality in the West is soaring, the middle class is being hollowed out, ...

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The U.S. is home to more than 6 million high-net-worth individuals—people with at least $1 million in investable wealth. The ...

In reciting Peter Cooper's achievements, Mr. Carnegie dwelt long and earnestly upon the question of the distribution of great wealth. He declared that it was not revolution in modern civilization ...

The gap between the richest and the poorest in Arizona has grown wider over the past five years, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The same is true nationwide, adding ...

Who can foresee the priorities, intelligence and fidelity of successive generations to deal with the distribution of extraordinary wealth amid what may be a far different philanthropic landscape?