The neo-Gilded Age: 62 richest people in the world have the same wealth as half the world. An economy for the 1 per cent.
The Gilded Age was a period in American history where the few had so much while the majority toiled away in pauper like conditions. One of the reasons often cited for the Great Depression was massive wealth inequality. Well today wealth inequality is at levels that rival the pre-Depression era. And for those of you […]
100 American CEOs have more retirement wealth than 116 million Americans. The retirement divide grows larger each year.
Most Americans have no retirement strategy. In fact, the new model of retirement appears to be work until you die. It isn’t an uncommon model. In fact, this used to be the status quo for centuries on end. Some tend to believe that having a middle class is the natural order of things. That is […]
Millennials that are thriving in this economy are those with links to rich parents: The vast majority of other Millennials are mired in debt and unable to purchase homes.
Most young Americans are still living in an economy that feels like it is in a recession. Yet there are Millennials that are doing well and are thriving in this economy. How are they escaping mountains of student debt? How are they gaining access to down payments to purchase more expensive homes? The short answer […]
The modern day Gilded Age of wealth: Top 0.1 percent now have more wealth than bottom 90 percent.
Wealth inequality is an extremely touchy subject. The main catalyst for “change†in the recent election had to do with most Americans being dissatisfied with the economy. But how can people be unhappy if the stock market is at a peak and housing values are going up? The reason for this is that most Americans […]