Rich people do crazy things with their money, like throw paper airplanes made of cash out the window at passersby. But we've never seen anything l...
Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2012
Of course, there are Latino libertarians out there. But in general, talking Hispanics into espousing the Ron Paul agenda is only slightly easier than getting the pope to show up at the Stonewall Inn for a drink.
Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2012
Honestly, when you look at the facts, America's robber barons spending huge wads of cash to get rid of the Democrats are like lemmings. They're all jumping off the money cliff, and they're taking everyone else with them.
Posted 04.23.2012
WASHINGTON -- "One percenters" in the nation's capital are wealthier than are rich people elsewhere in the country, and the Cato Institute's David Boa...
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Posted 04.11.2012
Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s tempting to think that the wealthier you are, the more likely y...
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.28.2012
People with a few extra bucks just aren't as nice as the rest of us, at least according to a new study. Rich people are more likely to take candy ...
Posted 02.16.2012
Value and currency flow differently amongst the art world elite, but Gerhard Richter's recent desirability has skyrocketed to insane new heights. On F...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011
Social psychologists are making an argument that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been saying for months: Many rich people just aren't in the habit ...
Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.01.2012
The aluminumadores in my neighborhood at least try to maintain some kind of dignity in spite of their humiliating circumstances. Contrast that with what I witnessed at the upscale party, where a wealthy man groveled and whined just to get his friends inside.
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.22.2011
Not even the rich feel good about the U.S. economy. A recent survey of affluent investors found that over half of them are pessimistic about the pe...
Posted 08.23.2011
According to the 2011 Giving USA report, contributions to the arts increased by 5.7% in 2010 (4.1% adjusted for inflation), and increased their share ...
Posted 08.20.2011
A piece in next week's New Yorker will shed some light on Alice Walton, art collector and daughter of Walmart's founder, Sam Walton. Her collection, t...
The Observer | Tom Kington Rome | Posted 08.06.2011
There can be no doubt that Roman Abramovich's enormous yacht Luna is enjoying the spotlight this summer as it tours the Mediterranean. But the citizen...
Pablo Andreu | Posted 05.30.2011
According to a survey of the top point one percent wealthiest Americans, there is no such thing as recession.
James Napoli | Posted 05.25.2011
At last, you have cheap crap you absolutely must have.
Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011
When bad times came, their first thought was to protect the fortunes of their rich. ************************************* Head for the lifeboats! Wo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
As the Wall Street Journal gamely asserted, people really need to spend less time thinking about how the economic downturn is affecting the nation's r...
Lloyd Garver | Posted 11.17.2011
According to several newspaper accounts, extremely rich people are spending their money on something that surprises me: theme parks. It just goes to...
DailyFinance | CARRIE COOLIDGE | Posted 05.25.2011
Microsoft's (MSFT) Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett and Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs are all household names in addition to being ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
The gap between the wealthiest Americans and middle- and working-class Americans has more than tripled in the past three decades, according to a June ...
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
Many people, especially those who write articles on this subject for Wikipedia, would say the Magna Carta is the most influential and important foundation of constitutional law.
LABJ | Posted 05.25.2011
Via the Los Angeles Business Journal, many of LA's wealthiest residents who suffered enormous blows to their bank accounts due to recent economic tumu...
cityfile.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Donald Trump has suffered some financial setbacks over the past year. But have things gotten so bad that he'll soon be forced to to fly commercial? Or...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011
[T]he rich, apparently, guilty of being rich - and too dumb to understand the rare books on their shelves. Everyone in the trade has, at one time, ca...
The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011
Warren Buffett, the renowned investor and the world's second richest man, told Senate Democrats that wealthy Americans need to pay higher taxes, givin...
Posted 06.01.2012