"One of the greatest sources of pain within families with wealth is the belief that there are no choices. Sometimes even wealth creators who feel more than able in their business lives feel at the same time that their wealth will inevitably become a pernicious influence on their children and...

The eighth edition of Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 tells the story of the small but vital generation spanning the ages of 38 to 49 in 2014. Although their numbers are small, lifestage dictates that Generation X is a vital part of the nation's commerce and culture. People in their...

Contents; Old Farts and Upstarts; The Veterans; The Baby Boomers; The Gen Xers: Absence and Malice; The Nexters: Chilling Out and Cheering Up; Where Mixed Generations Work Well Together; The Plight of Charlie Roth; Making the Cross-Generational Workplace Work; Afterword; Appendix A: Inventory;...

Are the impoverished victims of circumstance or are they contributing to their situations through their own actions and principles? This perplexing question does not have a simple answer. ""Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor"" examines both sides of the coin....

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. The United States Is Bankrupt -- Chapter 2. Catastrophic Success -- "No One Here Gets Out Alive"-Jim Morrison -- Moving the Curve -- The Other Mortality Curves -- Longevity Marches On -- When Life's Not Cheap -- Centenarians, Left,...

This book adopts a multidimensional approach to analyze both the historical and emerging factors that contribute to make Latin America and the Caribbean the most unequal region in the world. Social inequality is a historical characteristic of the region, but at the beginning of the 21st century,...