Tag: wealth
Nov 6, 2023
Being left solely responsible for wealth through divorce or widowhood later in life comes with its own set of responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges. As with so many financial life events, it is often the emotional challenges that are the hardest. 1....
Sep 20, 2021
For the third in this series of columns on money script categories, let’s look at Money Status. This differs from the Money Worship category in having its focus on social acceptance. People in this category generally equate net worth with their self-worth. They...
Jun 14, 2021
How much money does it take to be wealthy? As I’ve pointed out in previous columns, this is basically an unanswerable question. It depends on too many variables, such as social norms, personal circumstances, accounting methods, lifestyle, and financial...
Apr 8, 2019
Watch this video on YouTube Democratic Presidential candidate and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a federal wealth tax. It would impose annual taxes of 2% on those with household wealth—net worth, not income—of over $50 million and 3% on those with...
Dec 11, 2017
Watch this video on YouTube In discussions of the current tax reform bills, a new buzzword has popped up: “the investor class.” Every time I’ve heard this term on a political talk show, it has been used derogatorily to frame the proposed tax changes...
