A few years ago, one of our earliest editions of our newsletter The Weekend Tea discussed the "Great Wealth Transfer"—a ...

Four of the youngest, wealthiest suburbs are located in Westchester County, New York, while one suburb is located in Essex ...

The wealth gap in the United States isn't just wide—it's a chasm. The top 1 percent, about 1.3 million households, hold $52 trillion in net worth. The bottom 50 percent, 66 million households, scrape ...

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Warren Buffett, the legendary “Oracle of Omaha,” has built one of the most impressive fortunes in modern history through decades of savvy investing and his leadership of Berkshire Hathaway. But what ...

The New Republic recently commissioned a poll asking Americans for their opinions on wealth distribution in the United States. In short, we found that people feel strongly that the superrich own too ...

Home-price growth continues to slow in the 20 biggest metro areas in the U.S., as the housing market buckles under the weight ...

We are living through an experiment in billionaire governance. President Trump has stuffed his administration with the wealthiest individuals in modern history and handed unprecedented power to ...

Most Americans will never even know what it’s like to make a billion dollars, but Bill Gates knows that life well. The co-founder of Microsoft is worth $116.5 billion and is the 12th richest person in ...