Edwards jumped into his traditional stump speech, urging Americans to work for a nation that isn't divided by wealth.
Yes, people are paid unequal amounts, but don't forget how wealth is created and the successful motivated, he says.
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He says he isn't bothered by Mr Romney's wealth but doesn't like him.
It's a complaint common to many resource-rich African nations: ordinary people don't benefit from that wealth.
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So when our communities don't have assets and wealth, it impacts us all.
After the Dow Jones industrial average's record 777-point plunge last month, wealthy donors didn't have so much wealth.
Yet many often find, too late, that they still don't have enough, because they never paid attention to their investments and didn't build up enough wealth.
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People talk a lot about poverty reduction but they don't want to talk about wealth creation in Africa.
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The strong housing market means that personal wealth hasn't been hit as hard as it could have been.
Louis Fed's analysis noted that the rebound in wealth hasn't been equally distributed.
Strikingly, at least by House and Price's account, employees' pursuit of wealth wasn't a big factor in HP's ascent.
"Henry VIII didn't like the power and wealth of this abbey so sent his men here to desecrate it, " she said.
And for the UK, that wealth isn't going to come from digging things out of the ground or competing on cheap labour.
But great wealth doesn't always correspond to great understanding of money--Gates and Winfrey are successful because of other talents, not necessarily because they really grok greenbacks.
The strike underscored the tense relationship between the plant and locals, many of whom are poor and feel they don't benefit from the natural wealth of their region.
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And to tell you what you already know, the UK doesn't have a huge sovereign wealth fund, of the sort they have in Norway, much of the Middle East and Asia, keen and able to make massive long-term investments in the gubbins that underpin a nation's ability to grow and create wealth.
As one of the world's richest people, Bill Gates doesn't seem to mind spreading the wealth.
Entrepreneurs in all these countries who are making their move aren't shy about flaunting their growing wealth.
Without software, the world's supply of hard assets and brains can't combine fast enough to produce wealth that outpaces population growth.
It looks to a large proportion of the public as if we've got some fabulously wealthy people who haven't done anything to deserve their wealth.
Doesn't make any difference about their wealth and fame and notoriety.
In short, when the dollar is in decline limited capital tends to flow toward hard assets such as gold, land and rare art that already exist, and away from the stock and bond income streams that will fund the creation of wealth that doesn't yet exist.
Currently, these sovereign wealth funds don't have to disclose their holdings, their investment objectives, their investment returns, or their management structures, so it's hard to assess whether they're introducing unnecessary risks into our markets, hard to know whether they're buying or selling assets to make a profit or make a point.
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If that happens, families wouldn't be able to transfer as much wealth effectively tax-free, Mr. Schaller says.
So we can't necessarily equate having a low median wealth with the entire picture of how well women of color are doing financially.
In recent years, some economists have focused on happiness and other measures of subjective well-being that aren't fully captured by traditional gauges of wealth and income.
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