Amounts saved in retirement nest eggs are usually intended to finance an individual's retirement years, or to be left as an inheritance for loved ones.

FORBES: Don't Let Failing Health Crack Your Nest Egg

He emphasized the personal ownership and control workers would enjoy through the accounts, the better returns on investment and consequently higher benefits, the accumulated family funds that could be left as an inheritance to children or other heirs, and the full solvency for Social Security that would be achieved without raising taxes or cutting benefits.

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Darroussin also stars, as Charles Benesteau, a lawyer who, having received an ample inheritance, stopped practicing and moved to a small apartment in a rowdy part of Paris, where his money both protects and isolates him.

NEWYORKER: The Premonition

Sparky ideas abound (such as new ways of insuring people against catastrophic risks or replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax).

ECONOMIST: The Democrats