Real estate mogul Stephen Ross of The Related Group told me that he thinks that instead of donating half his wealth to a charitable cause, leaving that money to the government in the form of taxes is another way of giving back.
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They flaunt their wealth instead of concealing it.
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Instead it is consumption and a transfer of wealth no different from buying a house or a movie ticket.
Wealth is instead a richness of life.
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For decades, Iran had used its oil wealth to import goods, instead of manufacturing them domestically.
Workers would instead be paying what remains into the family wealth engine of their own personal savings, investment and insurance accounts.
Instead, you see him devoting the vast majority of his wealth to those around the world who are suffering, or sick, or in need of help.
Instead it sold a stake to sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf states of Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
Instead, the only signal they receive is largely influenced by the wealth of a school (e.g. rankings published in the popular press).
Instead, these business owners are interested in providing wealth and security to the managers of the company and their other employees.
But they still hold out the possibility of sudden wealth, if the grabber-arm can avoid the giant cuddly toys and instead unlock, in a glittering torrent, the glassed-in trove of silver.
One of Sarkozy's proposals would allow people who get snagged by France's wealth tax the option of investing their money in small and medium-size companies instead of forking it over to the taxman.
Instead of relying only on profits generated by wealthy consumers in developed nations, truly innovative companies are inventing new wealth and fostering human potential in rapidly growing emerging markets.
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When great wealth is generated instead by making smart buy and sell decisions in the markets, it smacks of inside knowledge, arcane financial instruments, opportunities that aren't accessible to ordinary people, and hocus-pocus.
Instead, they seek hedges against the very devaluation sought by monetarists which is most often investment in the wealth of yesterday: think land, commodities, rare stamps, art, etc.
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Assuming that these charitable urges sprang from the desire not to spoil future generations with inherited wealth, Scroggin started advising his clients to graft a host of conditions onto a family trust instead.
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