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  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    The best people to convince the rich to pay more tax are . . . the rich

    Funding the state only really works as a collective endeavour, which requires serious peer pressure

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    FT WealthFinancial literacy
    Masters of rap could help bridge the financial literacy gap

    These artists may be living large, but many of them are very financially savvy

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    FT WealthManaging yourself
    Not all successful entrepreneurs crave the limelight

    Many CEOs on the Forbes top 50 rich list are household names — but plenty are not. Some of them prefer to just get on with the job

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    FT WealthWealth management
    Losing money is par for the course with experienced investors

    The very richest usually cope with substantial losses, but it can be a different story for those who made their millions quickly

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    The rich have always craved status symbols, from peerages to spaceships

    Burnishing your credentials is much harder today, with deference all but gone and the glare of social media omnipresent

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    FT WealthHealth
    Why the rich fall for the cult of wellness

    Pseudoscience is mixed up with enough real science to make anything believable

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    Is rich people’s bad behaviour worse than that of the less well-off?

    Examples of misdemeanours are everywhere

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    FT WealthTax evasion and avoidance
    To get the wealthy to pay more tax, first we need to work out why they avoid it

    Few rich people are outspoken advocates of paying tax

  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
    FT WealthFinancial fraud
    Rich professionals are scammers’ favourite targets

    Evidence suggests wealthy people are most likely to be caught out

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    FT WealthDemographics and population
    A revolt against the rich could be sparked by basic demographics

    There are now far more millennial adults, some with children, for whom the economy is not delivering

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    FT WealthTax
    The case for taxing the rich more

    Old arguments against progressive taxation make little sense in a post-pandemic world

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    FT WealthClimate change
    Can you ever be rich and green?

    The 1% who try are pilloried as hypocrites, but that does not mean their efforts are in vain

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    It’s easy to hate the rich but harder to justify it

    On social media, the wealthy may be the only group you won’t be flamed for hating. But why is this? And is it acceptable?

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    FT WealthGlobal inequality
    Rich should worry more about the health of the poor

    The pandemic highlights how inequality ultimately harms the well-being of the wealthy as well as the disadvantaged

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
    FT WealthTechnology sector
    The super-rich have a history of doing well out of a global crisis

    As usual, the wealthy find themselves ready to ride the rebound

  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    Celebrities and ostentatious wealth lose their appeal in coronavirus crisis

    Perhaps more of today’s 16-year-olds will aspire to become doctors rather than superyacht owners

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    Society will pay the price if the rich want to buy privacy

    The wealthy try everything from ‘invisible’ homes to exclusive social media

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    FT WealthWealth management
    Psychology of wealth: if you are worth millions, why bother working?

    Research that suggests the link between pay and job satisfaction is weak at best

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    FT Wealth
    Disinheriting your children might be for their own good

    Study shows 90 per cent of family fortunes are depleted by the third generation

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    FT WealthPrivate wealth
    If money can’t buy taste, best not to flaunt it

    Rich bad taste is not a modern thing. It is part of a noble tradition

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2019
    FT Wealth
    The luxury golf courses catering to the global elite

    High-end golf courses are the latest luxury good sold as offering an aura of exclusivity

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    Work & Careers
    LinkedIn and the art of boastful self-promotion

    The network is home to entertaining posts that expose insecurities and tribalism

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
    FT WealthGlobal inequality
    Psychology of wealth: Do rich people deserve to be rich?

    Although inequality is growing in many western countries, concern about it is not

  • Sunday, 5 May, 2019
    FT WealthEntrepreneurship
    Psychology of wealth: do the new rich not care about losing money?

    There’s a commonly held view that the rich are very careful with their money. But are entrepreneurs different to ‘traditional’ rich people?

  • Friday, 1 March, 2019
    FT Wealth
    The squeezed one-percenters: are they right to feel worried?

    Those at the bottom of the top income bracket are starting to feel the tides of income inequality

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